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Happen

ˈhap(ə)n

Happen definitions

verb

Inflections:

happen happened happening happens

take place; occur

"two hours had passed and still nothing had happened"

Synonyms:
occur take place come about come off come into being
- ensue as an effect or result of an action or event
  
  "this is what happens when the mechanism goes wrong"
- chance to do something or come about
  
  "we just happened to meet Paul"
- come about by chance
  
  "it happened that he arrived early one night"
- used as a polite formula in questions
  
  "do you happen to know who her doctor is?"
find or come across by chance

"I happened on a street with a few modest restaurants"

Synonyms:
discover unexpectedly find unexpectedly find by chance chance on stumble on hit on light on come on come across run across blunder on unearth uncover locate bring to light
be experienced by (someone); befall

"the same thing happened to me"

Synonyms:
become of be the fate of be the lot of overtake be visited on
- become of
  
  "I don't care what happens to the money"

adverb

Inflections:

happen

perhaps; maybe

"happen I'll go back just for a while"

Synonyms:
perhaps maybe it may/could be it is possible it is conceivable for all one knows feasibly very likely