Vocabulary
Occurrence
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
an incident or event.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Kirk`s death has stunned many in the US, which is rather surprising because political and gun violence is now a frequent occurrence in the country.
- This problem is aggravated by the high occurrence rate of cousin marriages in Pakistan.
- The growing occurrence of heat domes, in which high pressure systems trap warm air, enhances seasonal transitions.
- In technical lingo, it is a `tail-end` event, with a minor probability of occurrence.
- In technical lingo, it is a `tail-end` event, with a minor probability of occurrence.
Curator example
“vandalism used to be a rare occurrence”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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