Definition of "occurs" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of occur. (verb)

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• "The disclosure of her name occurs near the end of that delightful story, just before Lulamae, like Lillie Mae, abandons the apprentice writer."
• "A muzhik is a Russian peasant; the word occurs often in the stories of Isaac Babel, which Carver greatly admired."
• "An exhaustive concordance will tell you every single time a word occurs in the Bible."