occurrent
an event that happens
• Syn:
happening, occurrence, natural event
• Derivationally related forms:
occurrent (for: occurrence), happen (for: happening)
• Hypernyms:
event
• Hyponyms:
accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence, avalanche,
experience, trouble, treat, miracle, wonder, marvel,
thing, episode, eventuality, contingency, contingence, beginning,
ending, conclusion, finish, one-off, periodic event, recurrent event,
change, alteration, modification, error, computer error, accident,
stroke, fortuity, chance event, fire, incident, discharge,
case, instance, example, movement, motion, failure,
success, appearance, destiny, fate, disappearance, contact,
impinging, striking, collapse, interruption, break, sound,
union, news event, flash, convergence, juncture, occasion,
outburst, burst, flare-up, outbreak, eruption, irruption,
reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye, boom,
bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall,
bunce, crash, supervention
presently occurring (either causally or incidentally)
- technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature
• Similar to:
current
• Derivationally related forms:
occurrence
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