1. happen - verb
· come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
Synonym(s): hap, go_on, pass_off, occur, pass, fall_out, come_about, take_place
2. happen - 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)
Hypernym(s): happen, hap, go_on, pass_off, occur, pass, fall_out, come_about, take_place
3. happen - verb
· chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!"
Hypernym(s): chance
4. happen - verb
· come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"
Synonym(s): materialize, materialise
Hypernym(s): happen, hap, go_on, pass_off, occur, pass, fall_out, come_about, take_place
5. happen - verb
· come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
Synonym(s): find, chance, bump, encounter
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