Definitions for happening
ˈhæp ə nɪŋhap·pen·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event(noun)

   an event that happens

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1. happening(n.)

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

2. happening(n.)

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

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1. happening(Noun)

   Something that happens.

2. happening(Noun)

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

3. happening(Adjective)

   Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.

   This is a happening place tonight!

4. happening(Adjective)

   Trendy, up-to-the-minute.

   He is a real happening guy.

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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

   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

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Darrell Sales:

   It's been a whirlwind of events and a lot of emotions and a lot of different things happening at once, i've seen plenty of houses burn down and, you know, I definitely have a new perspective or just a new insight now that my house has joined that group.

2. Rachel Kuehl:

   It's just scary because of all of the violence you see and hear about happening in other places, we didn't ask for that here. We don't want that here.

3. Aston Martin:

   We're still discussing, in the short term, meaning 2016, I don't see that type of rebranding happening. But you never know what the future holds thereafter.

4. Mica Endsley:

   We can’t just plan for one scenario which was the case in the Cold War — we have to plan for a whole range of scenarios because technological changes are happening much more rapidly. I don’t know what technology will be here I just know it will be better than we have today.

5. Nicklaus Cantlay:

   I was looking for a little redemption this week, and that has to do with me feeling really comfortable on the golf course and liking it a lot. Not to mention Ive been playing really well, so it feels like a win has been coming. You always have to put yourself in contention. And you start winning a couple, and you figure out how to do it, and hopefully it keeps happening.

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