Happen

  • 21happen */*/*/ — UK [ˈhæpən] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms happen : present tense I/you/we/they happen he/she/it happens present participle happening past tense happened past participle happened to take place, usually without being planned The accident… …

    English dictionary

  • 22Happen — Freunnd Happen (* ?; † ?) aus Meiste (6 km nordöstlich von Rüthen) war Angeklagter während der Hexenverfolgungen in Rüthen in Westfalen. Freunnd Happen wurde am 19. Juli 1660 von Bürgermeister und Rat der Stadt Rüthen wegen des Verdachtes des… …

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  • 23happen — [14] Surprisingly for such a common verb, happen is a comparatively recent addition to the English language. Old English had a number of verbs denoting ‘occurrence’, all long since defunct, including gelimpan and gescēon, and in the 13th century… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24happen — verb 1) remember what happened last time he was here Syn: occur, take place, come about; ensue, result, transpire, materialize, arise, crop up, come up, present itself, supervene; informal go down; formal eventuate; literary come to pass, betide… …

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  • 25happen — [14] Surprisingly for such a common verb, happen is a comparatively recent addition to the English language. Old English had a number of verbs denoting ‘occurrence’, all long since defunct, including gelimpan and gescēon, and in the 13th century… …

    Word origins

  • 26Happen — leichte Mahlzeit; Gabelfrühstück; Stärkung (umgangssprachlich); Unternessen; Snack; Jause; Brotzeit; Marende; Imbs; Bissen (umgangssprachli …

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  • 27happen — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. befall, eventuate, occur. See chance, occurrence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To be by chance] Syn. come up, come about, turn up, crop up, chance, stumble upon, light upon, occur unexpectedly, come face to …

    English dictionary for students

  • 28happen on — phrasal verb happen on or happen upon [transitive] Word forms happen on : present tense I/you/we/they happen on he/she/it happens on present participle happening on past tense happened on past participle happened on old fashioned happen on… …

    English dictionary

  • 29happen — intransitive verb (happened; happening) Etymology: Middle English, from hap Date: 14th century 1. to occur by chance often used with it < it so happens I m going your way > 2. to come into being or occur as an event, process, or result < mistakes …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 30happen — /hap euhn/, v.i. 1. to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York. 2. to come to pass by chance; occur without apparent reason or design: Don t ask me what caused it it just happened, that s all. 3. to&#8230; …

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