1. 
[syn: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.  presently occurring (either causally or incidentally); 
- Example: "technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Occurrent \Oc*cur"rent\, n.
   1. One who meets; hence, an adversary. [Obs.] --Holland.
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   2. Anything that happens; an occurrence. [Obs.]
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            These we must meet with in obvious occurrents of the
            world.                                --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Occurrent \Oc*cur"rent\, a. [L. occurrens, -entis, p. pr. of
   occurrere: cf. F. occurrent. See Occur.]
   Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
occurrent
    adj 1: presently occurring (either causally or incidentally);
           "technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature"
    n 1: an event that happens [syn: happening, occurrence,
         occurrent, natural event]