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
- noun A sum of money paid into a bank account, or an initial partial payment made to secure a purchase.
- noun A layer of material, such as minerals or sediment, that has built up naturally in a particular place.
- verb To put money into a bank account, or to leave something in a particular place.
incidence — full definition
- noun The rate at which something occurs, especially within a given group or period.
- noun (physics) The way a ray of light or a projectile strikes a surface.