occurrence
/əˈkʌɹ.əns/
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Also seen as: occurrences
Sense 1
Meaning · English
An actual instance when a situation occurs; an event or happening.
Noun
Examples
Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of fo
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).
Sense 2
Meaning · English
The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in or over time.
Noun
Examples
The time interval of an occurrence—a temporal instantiation—is a single occasion. However, a series of such occasions can fall within a certain time interval; in this case we may represent the occurrence as a single situation (cf. I ran off and on for an hour, I ran and ran for an hour, I would run
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “occurrence” mean?
An actual instance when a situation occurs; an event or happening.
Is “occurrence” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.