'Happen' definitions:
Definition of 'happen'
(from WordNet)
verb
Come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" [syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place]
verb
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) [syn: happen, befall, bechance]
verb
Chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!"
verb
Come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized" [syn: happen, materialize, materialise] [ant: dematerialise, dematerialize]
verb
Definition of 'Happen'
From: GCIDE
- Happen \Hap"pen\ (h[a^]p"p'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Happened (-p'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Happening.] [OE. happenen, hapnen. See Hap to happen.]
- 1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out. [1913 Webster]
- There shall no evil happen to the just. --Prov. xii. 21. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To take place; to occur. [1913 Webster]
- All these things which had happened. --Luke xxiv. 14. [1913 Webster]
- To happen on, to meet with; to fall or light upon. "I have happened on some other accounts." --Graunt.
- To happen in, to make a casual call. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'happen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- be found,
- be met with,
- be realized,
- bechance,
- become of,
- befall,
- betide,
- break,
- bump,
- chance,
- come,
- come about,
- come along,
- come down,
- come off,
- come to pass,
- come true,
- come upon,
- cook,
- develop,
- do,
- encounter,
- eventuate,
- fall,
- fall out,
- find,
- give,
- go,
- go off,
- go on,
- hap,
- happen along,
- happen by chance,
- hazard,
- hit,
- light,
- luck,
- materialize,
- meet,
- meet with,
- occur,
- pass,
- pass off,
- pop up,
- prove,
- rise,
- stumble,
- stumble on,
- stumble upon,
- take place,
- transpire,
- tumble,
- turn out,
- turn up