Hyphenation of occur

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word occur? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of occur:

1.	Come to pass What is happening? The meeting took place off without an incidence Nothing occurred that seemed important
2.	Come to one's mind Suggest itself It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary A great idea then came to her
3.	To be found to exist Sexism occurs in many workplaces Precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil

Synonyms of occur:

verb	happen, hap, go on, pass off, pass, fall out, come about, take place
verb	come, become
verb	appear, come along

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.