occurrences

noun

UK /əˈkʌr.ənsɪz/

US /əˈkɝː.ənsɪz/

Occurrences are things that happen.

The teacher wrote down all the occurrences of bad weather during the school trip.

SYNONYMS

events incidents happenings instances episodes

RELATED WORDS

occur occurrence frequency happening event

OTHER MEANINGS

2. The number of times something happens.

Scientists recorded the occurrences of the rare bird over ten years.

3. Cases or examples of something existing or appearing.

The report lists several occurrences of spelling mistakes in the essay.

4. Instances of a word or phrase appearing in a text.

The software counts the occurrences of each keyword in the document.