Definitions for HAPPENING
ˈhæp ə nɪŋhap·pen·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural eventnoun

   an event that happens

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1. happeningnoun

   Specifically: An event that is particularly interesting, noteworthy, or important.

2. happeningnoun

   An artistic or entertainment event that is unconventional, sometimes discontinuous, designed to evoke strong emotions, and sometimes involving participation by the audience.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. happeningnoun

   Something that happens.

2. happeningnoun

   A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.

3. happeningadjective

   Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.

   This is a happening place tonight!

4. happeningadjective

   Trendy, up-to-the-minute.

   He is a real happening guy.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Happening

   A happening is a performance, event, or situation art, usually as performance art. The term was first used by Allan Kaprow during the 1950s to describe a range of art-related events.

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1. happening

   A happening is an event, occurrence or situation that is taking place or currently in progress. It is something that happens, especially something that is considered noteworthy or significant.

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1. Happening

   of Happen

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1. Happening

   A happening is a performance, event or situation meant to be considered art, usually as performance art. Happenings take place anywhere, and are often multi-disciplinary, with a nonlinear narrative and the active participation of the audience. Key elements of happenings are planned, but artists sometimes retain room for improvisation. This new media art aspect to happenings eliminates the boundary between the artwork and its viewer. Henceforth, the interactions between the audience and the artwork makes the audience, in a sense, part of the art. In the late 1960s, perhaps due to the depiction in films of hippie culture, the term was used much less specifically to mean any gathering of interest, from a pool hall meetup or a jamming of a few young people to a beer blast or fancy formal party.

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1. happening

   To exist.

   It was real and was happening.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 13, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'HAPPENING' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3101

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'HAPPENING' in Written Corpus Frequency: #921

How to pronounce HAPPENING?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say HAPPENING in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of HAPPENING in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of HAPPENING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of HAPPENING in a Sentence

1. Carsten Brzeski:

   Everything that's happening right now is limiting the scope for the ECB to really hike a lot.

2. Bim Ali:

   A lot of us put in a lot of effort because we love the company and we love to excel, i think there were a lot of excellent workers at Twitter … we were part of a global movement to tell everyone what’s happening, how it’s affecting you locally, how it’s affecting you nationwide, how it’s affecting you globally. And I think that we all should be compensated fairly for what we’ve done.

3. Seth Meyers:

   I'm not trying to create a straight up news show. I want you to watch' The Daily Show' because it's going to tell you what's happening in the world and also because it's going to help you laugh, because if you're not laughing at what's going on right now, you will go crazy.

4. Chelsea Clinton:

   When I see Israel institute laws that recognize it as a Jewish state and does not recognize the other religions that are living in it, and we still uphold it as a democracy in the Middle East I almost chuckle because I know that if we see that any other society we would criticize it, call it out, we do that to Iran, we do that to any other place that sort of upholds its religion. And I see that now happening with Saudi Arabia and so I am aggravated, truly, in those contradictions.

5. Essex Police:

   The international community should further strengthen cooperation in this area, strengthen sharing of information and intelligence ... to prevent such tragedies from happening again.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=HAPPENING
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=HAPPENING
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Happening
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happening
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/HAPPENING
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=HAPPENING