happen

Speech parts

1. happen - Verb

2. happen - Adverb

Meaning

To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

To take place; to occur.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

occur materialize befall take place go on come about hap result find develop pass follow chance arise encounter
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Antonyms

head need grow reflect fail exit
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Hypernyms

hap occur pass chance take place fall out

Hyponyms

result come give appear fall turn-out

Phrases with the word

happen to be happen upon as it happens happen across happen along accidents will happen

Derivatives

happened happening

Examples

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man. Leon Trotsky

Death is not the worst that can happen to men. Plato

Do not stop praying as long as, by God's grace, the fire and the water have not been exhausted, for it may happen that never again in your whole life will you have such a chance to ask for the forgiveness for your sins. John Climacus

What my heart wanted didn't happen -- What God wanted, that happened. Persian Proverb

You became full by eating, it won't happen by licking. Persian Proverb

Such things happen even to better folk. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Happe happed Happel happen across happen again happen again to