Definitions of happen [ˈhæp ən]

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Definition of 'happen'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) happen
to take place; come to pass; occur.

2.  happen
to come to pass by chance; occur without apparent reason or design.

3.  happen
to have the fortune or lot (to do or be as specified); chance:
I happened to see him on the street.

4.  happen
to befall, as to a person or thing:
Don't worry; nothing happened to her.

5.  happen
to meet or discover by chance (usu. fol. by on or upon):
to happen on a clue to a mystery.

6.  happen
to be, come, go, etc., casually or by chance:
My friend happened along.

Definition of 'happen'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
come to pass
"What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

2. (verb) happen, befall, bechance
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)

3. (verb) happen
chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
"I happen to have just what you need!"

4. (verb) happen, materialize, materialise
come into being; become reality
"Her dream really materialized"

5. (verb) find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
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"

Definition of 'happen'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) happen
to occur or take place
The accident happened on the highway.; I keep pushing the button but nothing happens.

2.  happen
happen to
to occur and have an effect on
the things that happened to him when he was a child

3.  happen
happen to
to do by chance
If you happen to see him, tell him I said "hello."

4.  happen
whatever happens
even if a situation changes
Whatever happens tomorrow, you'll be fine.

Definition of 'happen'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) happen
to come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out

2. (verb) happen
to take place; to occur

Translation of 'happen'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to take place or occur; to occur by chance What happened next?; It just so happens / As it happens, I have the key in my pocket.
Afrikaans: gebeur	Arabic: يَحْدُث	Bulgarian: случвам се
Brazilian: acontecer	Czech: stát se; náhodou	German: geschehen
Danish: ske	Greek: συμβαίνω	Spanish: ocurrir, pasar, acontecer
Estonian: juhtuma	Farsi: اتفاق افتادن	Finnish: tapahtua
French: arriver	Hebrew: לִקרוֹת	Hindi: घटित होना
Croatian: dogoditi se, zbiti se, de	Hungarian: (meg)történik	Indonesian: terjadi
Icelandic: gerast, eiga sér stað; ve	Italian: succedere	Japanese: 起こる
Korean: 우연히 발생하다	Lithuanian: įvykti, atsitikti	Latvian: notikt; nejauši gadīties
Malay: kebetulan	Dutch: (toevallig) gebeuren, pla	Norwegian: skje, hende
Polish: zdarzyć się	Persian: اتفاق افتادن	Pashto: ناڅاپى پيښېدل ، پيښيدل ،
Portuguese: acontecer	Romanian: a seîntâmpla	Russian: случаться
Slovak: stať sa náhodou	Slovenian: zgoditi se	Serbian: dogoditi se
Swedish: hända, ske, falla sig	Thai: เกิดขึ้น	Turkish: olmak
Taiwanese: 發生，偶發	Ukrainian: відбуватися	Urdu: واقع ہونا، اتفاقا ہونا
Vietnamese: xảy ra	Chinese: 发生，偶发
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