Happen (Verb)
Meaning 1
Come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- Coincide
- Materialize
- Befall
- Betide
- Develop
- Come Up
- Strike
- Repeat
- Contemporise
- Bechance
- Recoil
- Synchronise
- Materialise
- Recrudesce
- Go
- Roll Around
- Shine
- Contemporize
- Come Off
- Go Over
- Backlash
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Meaning 2
Chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- I was passing by and I happen to see the concert announcement on the billboard.
- She happens to be a talented artist when she's not working as an accountant.
- The movie happens to be his favorite film of all time.
- I happen to have a spare key in my bag if you need it.
- They happen to live next door to their favorite celebrity.
Meaning 3
Come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Meaning 4
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".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Synonyms
Meaning 5
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).
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..