Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

occurring

/əˈkɝɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: oc-cur-ring
IPA: /əˈkɝɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of occur

verb

present participle and gerund of occurre (obsolete form of occur)

noun

An instance of something occurring; an event or happening.

adj

That occurs in a specified manner.

Example Sentences

"The perceived and known fact on which this discussion is based, is not the difference between the occurring and the non-occurring of an act (for non-occurring does not say impossibility), nor the difference between possibility and impossibility of the act (for the possibility cannot be perceived), but the difference between the occurring and the impossibility."
"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, […]"
"naturally occurring macromolecules"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈkɝɪŋ/
British English: /əˈkɜːɹɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

occurrings (plural)

Derived Forms

unoccurring

Phrases

non-occurring

Synonyms

occurrence

Rhymes With

referring transferring recurring stirring preferring blurring incurring conferring purring deferring deterring inferring

Questions

How do you pronounce occurring?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈkɝɪŋ/.
What does occurring mean?: present participle and gerund of occur

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