happen

Meaning

1. To occur or take place.
2. To happen to; to befall.
3. To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.
4. To encounter by chance.
5. (informal) To become popular or trendy.

happen

occur

take place

come about

become

befall

arise

come to pass

appear

go on

come

transpire

chance

fall out

pass

hap

grow

turn up

fortune

bechance

betide

arrive

come up

come across

pass off

get

turn out

produce

rise

come into being

materialise

materialize

fall

caused

succeed

fare

result

emerge

come out

intervene

overtake

take

get done

be carried out

come down

be imminent

proceed

come true

have

make

move

end up

manage

fall in place

fall into place

capacitate

enable

enact

develop

lift

occurrence

bring about

spring

be apparent

be visible

manifest oneself

be up

grow up

ensue

tide

be held

fall to the lot

come forth

face

break

come along

cook

incur

place

shape

evolve unfold

what happened?

pass through

end

become reality

real

eternal

forever

plan

come on

accrue

come into existence

originate

produced

form

anything

can

come upon

fall upon

hurt

smart

supervene

give

raise

build

coming

bump

encounter

find

going

work

come to be

carried out

held

affect

going on

made into

be necessary

must

want

be the result

experience

occurence

born

come to light

live

break out

reach

set in

turn

objectify

reify

cross paths

occasion

time

depart

visit

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhæpən/

From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“to fit in, be fitting”). Equivalent to hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) + -en (verbal suffix).

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