HAPPEN





Definition:

  1. [verb] come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
    Synonyms: hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

  2. [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)
    Synonyms: befall, bechance

  3. [verb] chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!"

  4. [verb] come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"
    Synonyms: materialize, materialise

  5. [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"
    Synonyms: find, chance, bump, encounter

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