occurrence
An incident transpiring
An occurrence is something that happens or takes place—an event, incident, or instance of something appearing.
The word often implies something noteworthy or worth remarking on: Flooding is a common occurrence in this region.
It can also refer to the fact or frequency of something happening: the occurrence of side effects in clinical trials.
Unintended harmful event
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- mishapMinor unfortunate occurrence
event · episode · happening · situation · case · instance · circumstance · affair
Likelihood of occurrence
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- accidentUnintended harmful event
luck · probability · randomness · unpredictability · spontaneous · haphazard · arbitrary · stochastic
Extraordinary observable occurrence
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- eclipseCelestial body blocks another
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- eruptionViolent sudden release
storm · aurora · meteor · tide · bloom · migration · outbreak · manifestation
Departure from standard
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
- outlierDistant data point
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
oddity · exception · quirk · anomaly · unusual · rare · singular · unique
Happening many times
- commonWidespread and unremarkable
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- repeatedDone or said again
- routineRegular sequence of actions
habitual · constant · persistent · chronic · periodic · sporadic · intermittent · infrequent
accident
Unintended harmful event
mishap · event · episode · happening · situation · case · instance · circumstance · affair · matter
chance
Likelihood of occurrence
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
accident · luck · probability · randomness · unpredictability · spontaneous · haphazard · arbitrary · stochastic · fortuity
phenomenon
Extraordinary observable occurrence
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- eclipseCelestial body blocks another
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
eruption · storm · aurora · meteor · tide · bloom · migration · outbreak · manifestation · emergence
irregularity
Departure from standard
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
- outlierDistant data point
- deviationDeparture from expected path
peculiarity · oddity · exception · quirk · anomaly · unusual · rare · singular · unique · strange
frequent
Happening many times
routine · habitual · constant · persistent · chronic · periodic · sporadic · intermittent · infrequent · rare
- eventsevent, events, party, parties, wedding
- tricky spellingsaccommodate, acknowledge, acquaintance, acquire, bureau
- happeningshappenings, happening, event, events, incident
- XML schemaschema, element, attribute, namespace, datatype
- dynamicspiano, forte, mezzo forte, fortissimo, pianissimo
- Reinsurancereinsurer, retrocession, retention, cession, proportional
occurrencenonoccurrence
Failure to happen
non-event · nonexistence · absence · hypothetical · nothing
occurrencecause
What produces an effect
antecedent · origin · source · inducement · predisposition
occurrencecessation
A full stopping
end · failure · prevention · discontinuation · termination
- supernatural occurrencesEvents beyond natural explanation
- rare occurrenceInfrequent happening
- chance occurrenceUnplanned random event
- random occurrence
- repeated occurrenceInstance happening multiple times
- freak occurrenceHighly unusual event