occurrence 
oc·cur·rence (ə kʉr′əns)
noun
- the act or fact of occurring
- something that occurs; event; incident
occurrence
n.
occurrence is the general word for anything that happens or takes place an unforeseen occurrence; event implies an occurrence of relative significance, often one growing out of earlier happenings or conditions the events that followed the surrender; incident usually suggests an occurrence of relatively minor significance, often one connected with a more important event the award was just another incident in her career, though it can also imply conflict or disturbance the demonstration continued without further incident; an episode is a distinct event that is complete in itself but forms part of a larger event or is one of a series of events an episode of his childhood; a circumstance is an event that is either incidental to, or a determining factor of, another event the circumstances surrounding my decision
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Preposition: of
- substring: How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a string?
- keywords: A search will look for occurrences of keywords, exactly as they are entered.
- x: Each occurrence of x is significant ( e.g. , xx delimits an empty field ).
- seizure: The diagnosis of epilepsy rests almost entirely on an accurate clinical history of the occurrence of seizures from a reliable witness.
- entity: This can handle more than one entity and more than one occurrence of each entity.
Converse of object
- retrieve: It will then retrieve occurrences of entity ONE_B subject again to the profile passed down from the parent component.
- minimize: It allows people to regain weight in a controlled environment to minimize the occurrence of potentially life-threatening complications such as re-feeding syndrome.
- prevent: Preventing further occurrences of the problem: Disable power management: Open the Control Panel.
- predict: Glasgow scientists have been examining the tsunami deposits in a bid to more accurately predict future occurrences.
- delete: Caution Deleting one occurrence of a repeating event deletes all occurrences.
- replace: Or replace just the third occurrence of a cell address in some cells ' formulas?
Adjective modifier
- dangerous: YES NO 2. Do you make all staff aware of the need to report work-related injuries, dangerous occurrences or cases of disease?
- rare: There will be at least ten paintings for sale, which is a rare occurrence.
- frequent: Siege warfare, waged to win a castle or a walled town or city, was a frequent occurrence during the Middle Ages.
- everyday: Clearly, this is an everyday occurrence in these parts.
- unusual: My buggy was also annoyingly prone to breaking down, not an unusual occurrence by all reports.
- regular: This is a regular occurrence in the life of an Afghan woman.
Modifies a noun
- probability: To remove any bias in the data set, occurrence probabilities were plotted.
Noun used with modifier
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