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occurrent

adjectivenoun
Quick answer

As an adjective, occurrent means current, actual, occurring. As a noun, it means an event, something that occurs.

Meanings of occurrent

5 meanings

adjective

  1. Current, actual, occurring.

  2. philosophyethicsPertaining to occurrence; having to do with an occurrence.

    “I hold the occurrent belief that I'm writing this sentence”

  3. Presently occurring (either causally or incidentally)

    “technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature”

noun

  1. now chiefly philosophyAn event, something that occurs.

  2. One who comes to meet another.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: an event that happens
happeningoccurrencenatural event

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