occurred
Came to pass
Occurred is the past tense of occur, meaning to happen or take place.
Events occur, thoughts occur to someone, and phenomena occur in nature.
The double r before -ed trips up many spellers: It occurred to me that I'd forgotten to lock the door.
The accident occurred at dawn.
Came to pass
- unfoldedOpened from folds
- ensuedHappened afterward
- aroseCame into existence
- materializedBecame physically present
took place · came about · emerged · developed · surfaced · befell · came to pass · eventuated
Unintended harmful event
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- incidentA distinct event
- episodeSerialized content unit
outbreak · phenomenon · explosion · collision · miracle · tragedy · catastrophe · breach
Began to grow light
- struckPast tense of hitting
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- came to mindWas spontaneously remembered
Rate of occurrence
- prevalenceState of being widespread
- rateMeasured speed or charge
- regularityConsistent, predictable occurrence
- commonalityShared characteristic among things
periodicity · frequency · pattern · trend · sporadic · intermittent · occasional · repeated
Record of past events
- previouslyBefore the present moment
- earlierAt a prior time
- formerlyIn the past
- onceAt one time
prior · before · already · recently · historically · long ago · back then · in retrospect
transpired
Came to pass
materialized · took place · came about · emerged · developed · surfaced · befell · came to pass · eventuated · cropped up
accident
Unintended harmful event
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- incidentA distinct event
episode · outbreak · phenomenon · explosion · collision · miracle · tragedy · catastrophe · breach · malfunction
dawned
Began to grow light
- struckPast tense of hitting
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- came to mindWas spontaneously remembered
incidence
Rate of occurrence
- prevalenceState of being widespread
- rateMeasured speed or charge
- regularityConsistent, predictable occurrence
commonality · periodicity · frequency · pattern · trend · sporadic · intermittent · occasional · repeated · isolated
history
Record of past events
- previouslyBefore the present moment
- earlierAt a prior time
- formerlyIn the past
once · prior · before · already · recently · historically · long ago · back then · in retrospect · at the time
- kept goingcontinued, lasted, persisted, endured, carried on
- rare occurrenceInfrequent happening
- chance occurrenceUnplanned random event
- random occurrence
- repeated occurrenceInstance happening multiple times
- freak occurrenceHighly unusual event
occurrence, occurring, reoccurring, reoccurred, reoccurrence, nonoccurrence