Definition of Happen
1. Verb. Come to pass. "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
Exact synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
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
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"
Exact synonyms: Bechance, Befall
Generic synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
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"
Exact synonyms: Materialise, Materialize
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
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. to occur [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: occur
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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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