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Defenition of the word happen

    • Defenition of the word happen

      • (For an event) Have a real existence.
      • (For an event) To occur by chance.
      • To encounter by chance.
      • To come to pass.
      • come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "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"
      • chance to be or do something, without intention or causation: "I happen to have just what you need!"
      • happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)
      • come to pass; occur: "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
      • come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"
      • come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
      • chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!"
      • come to pass
      • come into being; become reality
      • happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
      • come upon, as if by accident; meet with
      • chance to be or do something, without intention or causation

    Synonyms for the word happen

      • bechance
      • befall
      • bump
      • chance
      • come about
      • come to pass
      • crop up
      • encounter
      • ensue
      • find
      • go down
      • go off
      • go on
      • hap
      • hit
      • materialize
      • occur
      • pass
      • pass off
      • take place
      • transpire
      • turn out

    Similar words in the happen

      • happen
      • happened
      • happening
      • happening's
      • happenings
      • happens
      • happenstance
      • happenstance's
      • happenstances

    Hyponyms for the word happen

      • anticipate
      • appear
      • arise
      • backfire
      • backlash
      • bechance
      • befall
      • betide
      • break
      • chance
      • coincide
      • come
      • come around
      • come off
      • come out
      • come up
      • concur
      • contemporise
      • contemporize
      • develop
      • fall
      • give
      • go
      • go off
      • go over
      • happen
      • intervene
      • materialise
      • materialize
      • operate
      • proceed
      • recoil
      • recrudesce
      • recur
      • repeat
      • result
      • roll around
      • shine
      • strike
      • supervene
      • synchronise
      • synchronize
      • transpire
      • turn out

    Hypernyms for the word happen

      • chance
      • come about
      • fall out
      • go on
      • hap
      • happen
      • occur
      • pass
      • pass off
      • take place

    Antonyms for the word happen

      • dematerialise
      • dematerialize

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