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

The possibility -- even likelihood -- of some rickety old thing collapsing under me never occurred to me. — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026

Forming a union of women hadn’t occurred to them as an option—that was something for men working construction or in factories. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

Those two seasons have interesting parallels, which actually did not even occur to me until much later. — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Identifying the processes that occur to solid objects passing through the atmosphere could help scientists better understand what would happen to larger, more dangerous objects about to hit Earth. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for occur to

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