occurring

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English

Pronunciation

Verb

occurring

  1. present participle and gerund of occur
  2. present participle and gerund of occurre (obsolete form of occur)

Noun

occurring (plural occurrings)

  1. An instance of something occurring; an event or happening.
    • 2016, Janet Banfield, Geography Meets Gendlin:
      While it was noted above that the interaffecting of the present by the occurrings and implyings of the past provides a means of generating a sense of a personal past through the accumulation of bodily-relevant occurrings and implyings, []

Adjective

occurring (not comparable)

  1. (in combination) That occurs in a specified manner.
    naturally occurring macromolecules

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