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Definition of Happen
1. Verb. Come to pass. "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
Specialized synonyms: Break, Develop, Recrudesce, Arise, Come Up, Result, Intervene, Transpire, Give, Operate, Supervene, Go, Proceed, Come, Fall, Anticipate, Develop, Recur, Repeat, Come Off, Go Off, Go Over, Come Around, Roll Around, Materialise, Materialize, Bechance, Befall, Bechance, Befall, Betide, Coincide, Concur, Backfire, Backlash, Recoil, Chance, Break, Fall, Shine, Strike, Turn Out, Contemporise, Contemporize, Synchronise, Synchronize
Derivative terms: Hap, Happening
2. Verb. Happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance. "These things befell"
Generic synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
3. Verb. Chance to be or do something, without intention or causation. "I happen to have just what you need!"
4. Verb. Come into being; become reality. "Her dream really materialized"
Generic synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
Specialized synonyms: Appear, Come Out
Antonyms: Dematerialise, Dematerialize
Derivative terms: Materialisation, Materialisation, Materialisation, Materialization, Materialization, Materialization
5. Verb. Come upon, as if by accident; meet with. "They happen the money in the closet"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
Definition of Happen
1. v. i. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
Definition of Happen
1. Verb. To occur or take place. ¹
2. Verb. To occur unexpectedly, by chance or with a low probability. ¹
3. Verb. (context: followed by (term on) or (term upon)) To encounter by chance. ¹
4. Adverb. (qualifier obsolete or dialect) maybe, perhaps. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Happen
1. to occur [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: occur
Lexicographical Neighbors of Happen
Literary usage of Happen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"... her sense and courage turned to its right use an event which threatened the
worst that could happen, to me and to others, in Limmeridge House. ..."
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