förekomma — meaning in English

English meaning

• forestall verb To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
• happen verb To take place; to occur.
• occur verb To happen or take place.

Senses

förekomma is used for these senses in English:

• forestall To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
• happen (transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.
• occur (intransitive, sciences) To be present or found.

forestall — full definition

1. verb To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
2. verb To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
3. verb To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
4. verb To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.

happen — full definition

1. verb To take place; to occur.
2. verb To do something by chance, or to encounter something unexpectedly.

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