occurring — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An instance of something occurring; an event or happening.

   Synonyms

   occurrence

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   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, […]

Adjective

1. That occurs in a specified manner.

   Usage

   • In compounds
   • not-comparable

   Examples

   naturally occurring macromolecules