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DEFINITIONS OF:
happen
1
v
come to pass
“What is
happening
?”
Synonyms:
come about
,
fall out
,
go on
,
hap
,
occur
,
pass
,
pass off
,
take place
Types:
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break
,
develop
,
recrudesce
happen
arise
,
come up
result or issue
result
come about or follow as a consequence
intervene
occur between other event or between certain points of time
transpire
come about, happen, or occur
give
occur
operate
happen
supervene
take place as an additional or unexpected development
go
,
proceed
follow a certain course
come
come to pass; arrive, as in due course
fall
occur at a specified time or place
anticipate
be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
develop
be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
recur
,
repeat
happen or occur again
come off
,
go off
,
go over
happen in a particular manner
come around
,
roll around
happen regularly
materialise
,
materialize
come into being; become reality
bechance
,
befall
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
bechance
,
befall
,
betide
become of; happen to
coincide
,
concur
happen simultaneously
backfire
,
backlash
,
recoil
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
chance
be the case by chance
break
happen or take place
fall
,
shine
,
strike
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
turn out
prove to be in the result or end
contemporise
,
contemporize
,
synchronise
,
synchronize
happen at the same time
drag
,
drag on
,
drag out
proceed for an extended period of time
descend
,
fall
,
settle
come as if by falling
iterate
run or be performed again
cycle
recur in repeating sequences
condense
develop due to condensation
appear
,
come out
be issued or published
open
,
open up
become available
come
,
do
,
fare
,
get along
,
make out
proceed or get along
come up
be mentioned
v
come into being; become reality
Synonyms:
materialise
,
materialize
Antonyms:
dematerialise
,
dematerialize
become immaterial; disappear
Types:
appear
,
come out
be issued or published
Type of:
come about
,
fall out
,
go on
,
hap
,
occur
,
pass
,
pass off
,
take place
come to pass
v
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
“It
happens
that today is my birthday”
Synonyms:
bechance
,
befall
Type of:
come about
,
fall out
,
go on
,
hap
,
occur
,
pass
,
pass off
,
take place
come to pass
v
chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
“I
happen
to have just what you need!”
Synonyms
bechance
,
befall
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
Type of:
chance
be the case by chance
v
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
“I
happened
upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here”
Synonyms:
bump
,
chance
,
encounter
,
find
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