Definition of "occurred" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of occur. (verb)

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• "However, to counter the argument that despite being generic, Facebook, Inc. 's use of the mark could be described as "famous" (a legal technical term) -- which did arise as I expected -- I also made the factual claim that my use of the term occurred prior to Mark's."
• "Another word occurred to her, but it would have been disloyal to Holland to mention it."
• "The change of the title occurred because of some negative feedback that had MBT's publishers desirous for an alternative handle."