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to cooccur with

to cooccur with

6.3
Happen or appear at the same time as another thing, often about words in text
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˌkoʊəˈkɜr wɪð/
translation icon : coocurrir con
  • Symptoms of the disorder frequently cooccur with signs of anxiety.

Examples

  • Economic downturns may cooccur with political instability in some regions.

  • Certain words often cooccur with each other in natural language texts.

  • Certain symptoms cooccur with the flu.

  • Many diseases cooccur with anxiety disorders.

  • Certain words often cooccur with each other in natural language texts.

  • Economic downturns may cooccur with political instability in some regions.

  • Symptoms of the disorder frequently cooccur with signs of anxiety.

Synonyms

to go with
vsto cooccur with
171 2.2

To be present at the same time as something

is more specific to simultaneous appearance within speech or writing contexts
to coincide
vsto cooccur with
80 4.4

Happen at the same time as something else or be the same as it

is narrower, centering on joint appearance in language or written use
to concur
vsto cooccur with
1 6.8

To happen at the same time as another event

is used particularly for joint appearance in speech or writing rather than timing only
to co-occur
vsto cooccur with
6.3

To happen at the same time as something else

is focused on appearing together especially in speech or writing
to cooccur
vsto cooccur with
7.2

To happen at the same time as something else

is about joint appearance in language or writing rather than natural phenomena
to collocate with
vsto cooccur with
  • Specialized
7.4

Happen together often in speech or writing

is broader and applies to any things appearing together, not only words
to collocate
vsto cooccur with
  • Specialized
7.9

To appear together more often than expected by chance

is a general term for appearing together without statistical focus

How Simultaneous

to synchronize
  • US
49 4.7
to coincide
80 4.4
to cooccur with
6.3
overlap
30 3.9

Surface Forms

cooccur with infinitive
cooccurred with past
cooccurred with past participle
cooccurring with present participle
cooccurs with third person singular

Morphology

cooccur + with

The meaning 'to happen or appear together' is directly derived from the constituent parts: 'co-'/ 'cooccur' signals joint occurrence and 'with' marks simultaneity or accompaniment. This is a straightforward compositional pattern (cross-linguistically common) with no idiomatic shift, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Cooccur with comes from the parts co- meaning 'together' and occur meaning 'to happen'. Imagine two words or events appearing at the same time; they cooccur with each other, so the phrase means 'to happen or appear together'.