happen

Meaning

Synonyms

occur
take place
come about
become
befall
arise
be
appear
come to pass
go on
come
transpire
fall out
chance
🎲
pass
hap
do
grow
turn up
bechance
fortune
go
betide
come up
come across
arrive
pass off
materialize
rise
produce
come into being
get
caused
fall
turn out
materialise

be carried out

move
overtake
take
succeed
result
come true

be imminent

come down
come out
have
fare
emerge
intervene
proceed
make

get done

place
plan
produced
raise
reach
real
reify
set in
shape
smart
spring
supervene
tide
time
⌚

come into existence

turn
visit
want
work

become reality

be necessary

be visible

come forth

come to be

come upon
fall into place

manifest oneself

be apparent

fall in place

fall to the lot

evolve unfold

what happened?

be the result

accrue

made into

affect
anything

be held

be up

born
🐣
break
break out
bring about
build
bump
can
capacitate
carried out
come along
come on
come to light
coming
cook
🧑‍🍳
cross paths
depart
develop
enable
enact
encounter
end
🔚
end up

ensue

eternal
experience
face
fall upon
find
🔍
follow
forever
form
give
going
going on
grow up
held
hurt
incur
lift
live
manage
must
objectify
occasion

occurence

occurrence
originate
pass through
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhæpən/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
happenen
Inherited from Old English
hæppan
In summary

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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