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vorkommen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deposit noun A sum of money paid into a bank account, or an initial partial payment made to secure a purchase.
  • incidence noun The rate at which something occurs, especially within a given group or period.
  • occur verb To happen or take place.
  • occurrence noun Something that happens; an event or instance.
  • seem verb To give the impression of being something; to appear to be.

Senses

vorkommen is used for these senses in English:

  • come across (idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]
  • deposit (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
  • incidence The act of something happening; occurrence.
  • occur (intransitive) To happen or take place.
  • occur (intransitive) To present or offer itself.
  • occur (intransitive, sciences) To be present or found.
  • occurrence An actual instance when a situation occurs; an event or happening.
  • seem (copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.

deposit — full definition

  1. noun A sum of money paid into a bank account, or an initial partial payment made to secure a purchase.
  2. noun A layer of material, such as minerals or sediment, that has built up naturally in a particular place.
  3. verb To put money into a bank account, or to leave something in a particular place.

incidence — full definition

  1. noun The rate at which something occurs, especially within a given group or period.
  2. noun (physics) The way a ray of light or a projectile strikes a surface.

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