Meanings
plural co-occurrences · alternative cooccurrence · alternative coöccurrence
- uncountableThe fact of a thing occurring simultaneously with something else; correlation.
- countableAn instance of a thing occurring simultaneously with something else; coexistence or coincidence.
Roughly speaking, people tend to choose the most probable interpretation, according to any factor that they might consider, such as the likelihood of the meaning of each in the world, or the frequency of co-occurrences of subsequences of words, or several other factors.
2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 13
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
nounthe temporal property of two things happening at the same time
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Portuguese coocorrência
- coocorrênciathe fact of a thing occurring simultaneously with something else
Cite this entry
co-occurrence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/co-occurrence
“co-occurrence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/co-occurrence. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “co-occurrence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/co-occurrence.
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