co-occur

Appear at once

Co-occur means to happen or exist together, at the same time or in the same place.

The term appears most often in academic and technical contexts: Depression and anxiety frequently co-occur.

In linguistics, words that co-occur appear together more often than chance would predict.

The noun is co-occurrence.

temporal

simultaneous

Happening at same time

coexistent · parallel · overlap · tandem · unison · coeval · aligned · timing · sequence · duration

spatial

overlap

Partial coincidence of coverage

intersection · vicinity · locale · region · habitat · coexist · neighbor · alongside · juxtapose · contiguous

relational

interconnected

Joined in multiple ways

related · coupled · paired · concomitant · complementary · reciprocal · mutual · interplay · symbiotic · correlated

statistical

correlation

Statistical relationship measure

frequency · distribution · probability · variable · incidence · collocate · contingency · regression · clustering · pattern

Opposites
temporal/spatial simultaneity

co-occuralternate

Occur in succession

succeed · precede · follow · stagger · take turns

relational presence

co-occurexclude

Bar from participation

preclude · diverge · displace · supplant · abandon

Family

occur, cooperate, occurrence, occurring, concur, concurrent, concurrence, concurrently, concurred

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