co-occur
Definition
- Verb:
- To happen or exist at the same time or in the same place; to occur together. This word describes the simultaneous presence or occurrence of two or more things, events, or phenomena.
Usage
- The verb co-occur is used to describe a relationship where two or more items are found together. It is a formal or academic term often used in linguistics, statistics, medicine, and social sciences.
- It is typically used with the preposition "with".
- Example structure: "A co-occurs with B."
Examples
- Verb:
- In this dataset, high income and higher education levels frequently co-occur.
- Symptoms of anxiety and depression often co-occur in patients.
- The linguist studied which words co-occur with "strong" versus "powerful".
Advanced Usage
- "co-occurring" (Adjective/Present Participle): Used to describe conditions or factors that exist simultaneously.
- The treatment plan addresses the patient's co-occurring disorders.
- The concept is central to collocation in linguistics, which is the habitual co-occurrence of words.
Variants and Related Words
- Co-occurrence (Noun): The fact or instance of occurring together.
- The study analyzed the co-occurrence of specific genetic markers.
- Coincide (Verb): To occur at the same time. (Note: "coincide" often implies events in time, while "co-occur" can refer to things found together in space, data, or text as well).
- Concur (Verb): To happen at the same time; also means to agree.
Synonyms
- Coexist
- Accompany
- Coincide
- Concur
Related Phrases
- Go hand in hand: To be closely associated or linked (idiom).
- Poverty and poor health often go hand in hand.
- Fall together: To occur or be found in combination (less common).
- These two characteristics fall together in most observed cases.
Verb
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go with, fall together
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