occur to,strike,occur,happen,take place, arise If a thought comes into you mind it occurs to you or strikes you: It suddenly occurred to (strike)me I hadn't seen Peter all day. Occur meaning 'happen'is rather formal and not common in spoken English: The court will decide what really occurred. Occur to is not used in this sense: 。‘A problem occurred to me.'means 'I thought of a problem'NOT 'I had a problem.' occur to, strike, occur, happen, take place, arise • If a thought comes into you mind it occurs to you or strikes you: It suddenly occurred to (strike) me I hadn’t seen Peter all day. • Occur meaning ‘happen’ is rather formal and not common in spoken English: The court will decide what really occurred. • Occur to is not used in this sense: • ‘A problem occurred to me.’ means ‘I thought of a problem’ NOT ‘I had a problem.’