to grow bigger or better step by step
- Similar:
- grow
- Opposite:
- decline
Foundation level · Year 4 · free
occur
verb
to happen or take place
A fun race did occur at the school fair.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- happen
- take place
- come up
- appear
- go on
More examples
- A storm would occur in the tale’s big scene.
- It did occur to him to check the kite’s string.
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One question about “occur”, the way 11+ papers ask it (Foundation level).
More time & change words
to become less strong or less intense
- Similar:
- lessen
- Opposite:
- escalate
to make yourself or someone used to something new
- Similar:
- adapt
- Opposite:
- estrange
to stop a meeting for a while or end it
- Similar:
- postpone
- Opposite:
- continue
to expect something and be ready for it
- Similar:
- expect
- Opposite:
- disregard
so old that it is no longer useful or fashionable
- Similar:
- outdated
- Opposite:
- fashionable
the distant past, especially ancient times
- Similar:
- ancient days
- Opposite:
- future
belonging to long ago and no longer in common use
- Similar:
- ancient
- Opposite:
- current