occur to

verb

occurred to; occurring to; occurs to

: to be thought of by (someone)

An idea just occurred to me.

It suddenly occurred to her that there was a simpler way to deal with the problem.

Did it never occur to you to ask for help?

Examples of occur to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But let’s face reality and the inconvenient truth, majority of us are too old and a pregnancy will never occur to us anymore. — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026

Whole-genome sequencing will also occur to help determine the source of the infection, MDARD says. — Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Hall used chatbots herself, but discussing her relationship with one hadn’t occurred to her. — Angela Haupt, Time, 27 Oct. 2026

The possibility that my father had intentionally maneuvered me toward fiction in order to avoid the truth—well, that never occurred to me. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for occur to

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue