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occurrence|əˈkʌrəns|
[prob. f. occurrent: (see -ence); but cf. med.L. occurrentia (Du Cange), F. occurrence (c 1475 in Godef. Compl.).]
†1. An incidental meeting or encounter. rare.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 366 When Androcles was..cast in among these savage beasts, the lion..came toward him softly.. so the man began to know him, and both of them to congratulate each other in that their imprisoned occurrence.
2. The fact of occurring, i.e. of presenting itself, being found or met with, turning up, or of happening, taking place.
1725Watts Logic ii. v, Things of the most frequent Occurrence. a1748Watts (J.), Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual occurrence and expectation of something new. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. vii. 261 A number of facts of common occurrence. 1866Rogers Agric. & Prices I. xxiv. 607 Evidence of the occurrence of that fish on the Kentish coast. 1880Geikie Phys. Geog. iv. §24. 249 Landslips are of frequent occurrence. 1897Westm. Gaz. 2 Nov. 3/2 A bird whose occurrences in England can be counted on one hand.
3. That which occurs or is met with, or presents itself, formerly sometimes with the sense of opposition; now with an and pl.: Something that occurs, happens, or takes place; an event, incident. (= occurrent B. 1, the earlier word for this.)
1539Cromwell Let. to Wyatt 13 Feb. (R.), Here we have no notable news and occurrences. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. v. i. 264 All the occurrence of my fortune since Hath beene betweene this Lady, and this Lord. 1623Bingham Xenophon 109 While we march, let Timasion with the horse scout before..giuing aduertisement of all occurrence. 1652Needham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. 3 What Occurrences seem to oppose the Dominion of Sea and what Arguments are wont to bee made against it. 1711Steele Spect. No. 96 ⁋8 The chief Occurrences of my Life. 1719Young Revenge v. ii, The fix'd and noble mind Turns all occurrence to its own advantage. 1773Goldsm. Stoops to Conq. i. i, Trust to occurrences for success. 1884tr. Lotze's Metaph. 239 The relation in which empty Time stands to the occurrences which fall within it.
4. Eccl. (See occur 4; cf. concurrence 2 b.)
1863Neale Ess. Liturgiol. 109 These are all the occurrences, etc. which take place during this year. 1879,1889[see concurrence 2 b].
5. attrib., as occurrence(s book, a record of events kept at a police station, drawn from the diaries of police officers.
1929J. Moylan Scotland Yard vi. 138 Occurrence Books are kept at all stations, so that there may be a complete daily record of all occurrences, etc., at the station or within the area assigned to it. 1955M. Gilbert Sky High v. 72 Everything that a policeman hears, sees and does goes down in the Occurrences Book. 1966L. Southworth Felon in Disguise xi. 158 The Inspector was about to complete his Occurrence Book entries. 1972M. Gilbert Body of Girl xi. 103 It would have been in the Occurrence Book... Where are the ‘O’ books kept? |