occurrent — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Current, actual, occurring.

2. Currently or actively present in the mind.

   Examples

   I hold the occurrent belief that I'm writing this sentence

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   A clear example, although one drawn from a different situation, of unformulated yet occurrent belief would be that in which a clerk unrolls paper to wrap a parcel: there comes a moment when he believes that the length unrolled is enough.

   In such a case, my belief that the person I will meet is named Robert Barchi is clearly occurrent.

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   One could imagine, for example, that an occurrent belief (e.g. that I'm allergic to apples) would trigger a dispositional desire (not to get an allergic crisis).

Noun

1. An event, something that occurs.

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   the only comfort (saith Jovius) he had to ease his melancholy thoughts, was to hear news, and to listen after those ordinary occurrents, which were brought him cum primis, by letters or otherwise, out of the remotest parts of Europe.

2. One who comes to meet another.

Adjective

1. presently occurring (either causally or incidentally)

   Examples

   technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature

Noun

1. an event that happens

   Synonyms

   happeningoccurrencenatural event

   Broader terms

   event