HAPPEN

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

(verb) come to pass; “What is happening?”; “The meeting took place off without an incidence”; “Nothing occurred that seemed important”

happen, materialize, materialise

(verb) come into being; become reality; “Her dream really materialized”

happen, befall, bechance

(verb) 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)

find, happen, chance, bump, encounter

(verb) 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”

happen

(verb) chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; “I happen to have just what you need!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology

Verb

happen (third-person singular simple present happens, present participle happening, simple past and past participle happened)

(intransitive) To occur or take place.

Synonyms: come to pass, Thesaurus:happen

(transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.

(intransitive or impersonal, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.

(followed by on or upon) To encounter by chance.

Usage notes

• In the sense which indicates a chance occurrence, happen is a catenative verb that takes the to-infinitive. See English catenative verbs

Adverb

happen (not comparable)

(, obsolete or dialect) maybe, perhaps.

Source: Wiktionary

---

Hap"pen, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Happened; p. pr. & vb. n. Happening.] Etym: [OE. happenen, hapnen. See Hap to happen.]

1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out. There shall no evil happen to the just. Prov. xii. 21.

2. To take place; to occur. All these things which had happened. Luke xxiv. 14. To happen on, to meet with; to fall or light upon. "I have happened on some other accounts." Graunt.

– To happen in, to make a casual call. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins