What does happening mean?
Definitions for happening
ˈhæp ə nɪŋhap·pen·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word happening.
Princeton's WordNet
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event(noun)
an event that happens
GCIDE
happening(n.)
Specifically: An event that is particularly interesting, noteworthy, or important.
happening(n.)
An artistic or entertainment event that is unconventional, sometimes discontinuous, designed to evoke strong emotions, and sometimes involving participation by the audience.
Wiktionary
happening(Noun)
Something that happens.
happening(Noun)
A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.
happening(Adjective)
Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
This is a happening place tonight!
happening(Adjective)
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.
Webster Dictionary
Happening
of Happen
Freebase
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
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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
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
Rather, what they were suggesting was there is a specific problem that's happening in the African-American community that's not happening in other communities ... and that is a legitimate issue that we've got to address.
I'm rather worried about what's happening.
What is happening is absurd; we have to see if the American customers are willing to accept the price increase.
Ellie knows what’s happening. She shares a lot, maybe even too much, she says to people, even in the grocery store, ‘My daddy has cancer.’.
We’ve been on pins and needles the whole last three or four months, watching what’s happening at the federal level, waiting, watching.
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- HappeningGerman
- tapahtuva, muodikas, tapahtuma, trendikäsFinnish
- happeningFrench
- tuiteamasScottish Gaelic
- おしゃれJapanese
- įvykis, atsitikimasLithuanian
- notikumsLatvian
- zdarzenie, happeningPolish
- acontecimentoPortuguese
- dogodekSlovene
- händelseSwedish
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