occur to

phrasal 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

However, the thought occurs to me, having stopped off last summer in Cannes on the glittering coast of the South of France, that increasingly all these places are rapidly becoming a parody of themselves and their own brands. —James Fallon, Footwear News, 24 May 2025

No injuries were reported in the incident and and only minor damage occurred to both vehicles, the company said. —Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 14 May 2025

Linda's goal was to tweak the changes that had occurred to her facial features due to aging. —Michelle Lee, People.com, 7 May 2025

Ruth wants Prima to make a moral judgment about Heiss’s behavior, to see it as a perhaps exploitative abuse of power—a kind of judgment that hadn’t previously occurred to Prima. —Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025

Rhymes for occur to

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