English dictionary
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English verb: happen | |||
| 1. | happen (change) come to pass | ||
| Samples | What is happening?. The meeting took place off without an incidence. Nothing occurred that seemed important. | ||
| Synonyms | come about, fall out, go on, hap, occur, pass, pass off, take place | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP. It ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anticipate, arise, backfire, backlash, bechance, bechance, befall, befall, betide, break, break, chance, coincide, come, come around, come off, come up, concur, contemporise, contemporize, develop, develop, fall, fall, give, go, go off, go over, happen, happen, intervene, materialise, materialize, operate, proceed, recoil, recrudesce, recur, repeat, result, roll around, shine, strike, supervene, synchronise, synchronize, transpire, turn out | ||
| 2. | happen (change) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | ||
| Samples | It happens that today is my birthday. These things befell. | ||
| Synonyms | bechance, befall | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | ||
| Verb group | happen | ||
| 3. | happen (social) chance to be or do something, without intention or causation | ||
| Samples | I happen to have just what you need!. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE. It ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chance | ||
| Verb group | bechance, befall, happen | ||
| 4. | happen (change) come into being; become reality | ||
| Samples | Her dream really materialized. | ||
| Synonyms | materialise, materialize | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | appear, come out | ||
| Antonyms | dematerialise, dematerialize | ||
| 5. | happen (possession) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | ||
| Samples | We find this idea in Plato. I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here. She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day. | ||
| Synonyms | bump, chance, encounter, find | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
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