What does happening mean?
Definitions for happening
ˈhæp ə nɪŋhap·pen·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word happening.
Princeton's WordNet
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural eventnoun
an event that happens
GCIDE
happeningnoun
Specifically: An event that is particularly interesting, noteworthy, or important.
happeningnoun
An artistic or entertainment event that is unconventional, sometimes discontinuous, designed to evoke strong emotions, and sometimes involving participation by the audience.
Wiktionary
happeningnoun
Something that happens.
happeningnoun
A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.
happeningadjective
Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
This is a happening place tonight!
happeningadjective
Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
He is a real happening guy.
Wikipedia
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.
ChatGPT
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.
Webster Dictionary
Happening
of Happen
Wikidata
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.
Editors Contribution
happening
To exist.
It was real and was happening.
Submitted by MaryC on February 13, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'happening' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3101
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'happening' in Written Corpus Frequency: #921
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of happening in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of happening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of happening in a Sentence
You see it’s just absolutely open, and you know what's happening in Yuma is what's happening in Del Rio, same thing happening in the Rio Grande on a daily basis.
If we're going to look at suspects [for 9/11], we should look to the groups that benefit the most from these kinds of incidents, and I think we should put the state of Israel on the suspect list because I think this diverts attention from what's happening in the Palestinian territories so that they can go on with their aggression and occupation and apartheid policies.
I was tired of not saying anything because [similar experiences] are happening to a lot of people.
People have a tendency to hide what was happening – they feel shame.
It's both astonishing and understandable, the understandable part is, too many journalists are too enthralled with conventional wisdom and establishment thinking. They just repeat things without any notion of what's happening on the ground.
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- HappeningGerman
- tapahtuva, muodikas, tapahtuma, trendikäsFinnish
- happeningFrench
- tuiteamasScottish Gaelic
- מתרחשHebrew
- おしゃれJapanese
- ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆKannada
- įvykis, atsitikimasLithuanian
- notikumsLatvian
- zdarzenie, happeningPolish
- acontecimentoPortuguese
- происходитRussian
- dogodekSlovene
- händelseSwedish
- நடக்கிறதுTamil
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