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happen
hap·pen H0054300 (hăp′ən)v. hap·pened, hap·pen·ing, hap·pens v.intr.1. a. To come to pass: Where did the accident happen? b. To come about as a consequence; result: Trouble always seems to happen when he's around.c. To be the fate; become: What will happen to the business when the owner retires?2. To encounter something by chance: I happened upon an interesting article in the newspaper.3. To come or go casually; make an appearance: My friend happened by around dinnertime.v.tr.1. Used with the impersonal subject it and a following clause or infinitive to indicate the occurrence of a usually unexpected or chance event: It happened that I was in the shower when you called. It happened to snow on the night she was born.2. To have the fortune (to be or do something); be in a situation or position (to be or do something): The bus station happens to be close to the museum. I happen to know the answer to that question.3. Used with an infinitive to make polite requests: Do you happen to know the time?
[Middle English happenen, from hap, chance; see hap.]Synonyms: happen, befall, betide, chance, occur
These verbs mean to come about: saw an awful thing happen; predicted that misery will befall humankind; woe that betides the poor soldier; former friends who chanced to meet again; described the accident exactly as it occurred.happen (ˈhæpən) vb1. (intr) (of an event in time) to come about or take place; occur2. (foll by: to) (of some unforeseen circumstance or event, esp death), to fall to the lot (of); be a source of good or bad fortune (to): if anything happens to me, it'll be your fault. 3. (tr) to chance (to be or do something): I happen to know him. 4. (tr; takes a clause as object) to be the case, esp if by chance, that: it happens that I know him. adv, sentence substitutedialect a. another word for perhapsb. (as sentence modifier): happen I'll see thee tomorrow. [C14: see hap1, -en1]Usage: See at occurhap•pen (ˈhæp ən)
v.i. 1. to take place; come to pass; occur. 2. to come to pass by chance; occur without apparent reason or design. 3. to have the fortune or lot (to do or be as specified); chance: I happened to see him on the street. 4. to befall, as to a person or thing: Don't worry; nothing happened to her. 5. to meet or discover by chance (usu. fol. by on or upon): to happen on a clue to a mystery. 6. to be, come, go, etc., casually or by chance: My friend happened along. 7. Slang. to be very exciting or interesting: That party was happening! [1300–50; Middle English hap(pe)nen. See hap1, -en1] happen - Fairly new to English, from hap, "chance, luck," which was borrowed from Old Norse happ.See also related terms for luck.happen1. 'happen'When something happens, it takes place without being planned. Then a strange thing happened.There'll be an investigation into what happened and why.Be Careful!
Happen does not have a passive form. Don't say, for example, 'Then a strange thing was happened'. 2. 'take place', 'occur'Happen is usually used after vague words like something, thing, what, or this. After words with a more precise meaning, you usually use take place or occur. The incident had taken place many years ago.Mrs Brogan was in the house when the explosion occurred.Don't say that a planned event 'happens'. Say that it takes place. The first meeting of the committee took place on 9 January.The election will take place in June.3. 'happen to'When something happens to someone or something, it takes place and affects them. I wonder what 's happened to Jeremy?If anything happens to the car, you'll have to pay for it.In sentences like these, don't use any preposition except to after happen. You use happen in front of a to-infinitive to show that something happens or exists by chance. For example, instead of saying 'The two people he wanted to speak to lived in the same street', you can say 'The two people he wanted to speak to happened to live in the same street'. I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.If you happen to see Jane, ask her to call me.You often use happen to be in sentences beginning with there. For example, instead of saying 'A post office happened to be in the next street', you say 'There happened to be a post office in the next street'. There happened to be a policeman on the corner, so I asked him the way.Be Careful!
In sentences like these you must use there. Don't say, for example, 'Happened to be a post office in the next street'. happen
Past participle: happened
Gerund: happening
| Present |
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| I happen | | you happen | | he/she/it happens | | we happen | | you happen | | they happen |
| Preterite |
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| I happened | | you happened | | he/she/it happened | | we happened | | you happened | | they happened |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am happening | | you are happening | | he/she/it is happening | | we are happening | | you are happening | | they are happening |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have happened | | you have happened | | he/she/it has happened | | we have happened | | you have happened | | they have happened |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was happening | | you were happening | | he/she/it was happening | | we were happening | | you were happening | | they were happening |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had happened | | you had happened | | he/she/it had happened | | we had happened | | you had happened | | they had happened |
| Future |
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| I will happen | | you will happen | | he/she/it will happen | | we will happen | | you will happen | | they will happen |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have happened | | you will have happened | | he/she/it will have happened | | we will have happened | | you will have happened | | they will have happened |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be happening | | you will be happening | | he/she/it will be happening | | we will be happening | | you will be happening | | they will be happening |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been happening | | you have been happening | | he/she/it has been happening | | we have been happening | | you have been happening | | they have been happening |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been happening | | you will have been happening | | he/she/it will have been happening | | we will have been happening | | you will have been happening | | they will have been happening |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been happening | | you had been happening | | he/she/it had been happening | | we had been happening | | you had been happening | | they had been happening |
| Conditional |
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| I would happen | | you would happen | | he/she/it would happen | | we would happen | | you would happen | | they would happen |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have happened | | you would have happened | | he/she/it would have happened | | we would have happened | | you would have happened | | they would have happened |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | happen - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"come about, hap, occur, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, passrecrudesce, develop, break - happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"come up, arise - result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"result - come about or follow as a consequence; "nothing will result from this meeting"intervene - occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"transpire - come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week"give - occur; "what gives?"operate - happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"supervene - take place as an additional or unexpected developmentproceed, go - follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"come - come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"fall - occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"anticipate - be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";recur, repeat - happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story"come off, go over, go off - happen in a particular manner; "how did your talk go over?"roll around, come around - happen regularly; "Christmas rolled around again"materialise, materialize, happen - come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"bechance, befall, happen - 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)bechance, befall, betide - become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"coincide, concur - happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided"backfire, backlash, recoil - come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"chance - be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"break - happen or take place; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"fall, shine, strike - touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"turn out - prove to be in the result or end; "It turns out that he was right"contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize - happen at the same time | | 2. | happen - 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)bechance, befallhap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"happen - chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!" | | 3. | happen - chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!"bechance, befall, happen - 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)chance - be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street" | | 4. |  happen - come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"materialise, materializehap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"come out, appear - be issued or published; "Did your latest book appear yet?"; "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet" | | 5. | happen - 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"find, encounter, bump, chance |
happenverb1. occur, take place, come about, follow, result, appear, develop, arise, come off (informal), ensue, crop up (informal), transpire (informal), materialize, present itself, come to pass, see the light of day, eventuate We cannot say for sure what will happen.2. chance, turn out (informal), have the fortune to be I looked in the nearest paper, which happened to be the Daily Mail.3. befall, overtake, become of, betide It's the best thing that ever happened to me.happen on or upon something find, encounter, run into, come upon, turn up, stumble on, hit upon, chance upon, light upon, blunder on, discover unexpectedly He just happened upon a charming guest house.happenverb1. To take place:befall, betide, come, come about, come off, develop, hap, occur, pass, transpire.Idiom: come to pass.2. To take place by chance:befall, chance, hap.phrasal verb
happen on or upon
To find or meet by chance:bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, light on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on.Archaic: alight on (or upon).Idiom: meet up with.Translationshappen (ˈhӕpən) verb1. to take place or occur; to occur by chance. What happened next?; It just so happens / As it happens, I have the key in my pocket. 發生，偶發 发生，偶发 2. (usually with to) to be done to (a person, thing etc). She's late – something must have happened to her. 發生(在某人身上或某物上) 发生3. to do or be by chance. I happened to find him; He happens to be my friend. 碰巧發生 碰巧ˈhappening noun an occurrence. strange happenings. 事件 事件happen (up)on to find by chance. He happened upon the perfect solution to the problem just as he was about to give up his research. 碰巧發現 偶然看到- When did it happen? → 什么时候发生的？
happen
See:- (it's) just as well (that) (something happened)
- (something) shouldn't happen to a dog
- accident waiting to happen, an
- accidents (will) happen
- Accidents will happen
- an accident waiting to happen
- an accident/a disaster waiting to happen
- anything can happen
- anything can/might happen
- as it happens
- as it just so happens
- as it so happens
- be dollars to doughnuts that (something happens)
- be no question that (something will happen/is the case)
- couldn't happen to a nicer (person)
- give odds that (something will happen)
- happen (up)on (someone or something)
- happen along
- happen by
- happen on
- happen to
- if anything happens
- if anything should happen
- in the nick of time
- in the unlikely event (that) (something) happens
- in the unlikely event of
- it (just) so happens (that)
- it so happens that...
- minute happens
- rue the day (that something happened)
- rue the day (that) (something) happened
- see (to it) that (something happens)
- shouldn’t happen to a dog
- shouldn't happen to a dog
- sit back and let (something happen)
- sit back and let happen
- the minute (that)
- the more (one thing happens), the more (another thing happens)
- these things happen
- this too shall happen to you
- unexpected always happens
- What happened?
- what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas
- what happens on the road stays on the road
- what happens on tour stays on tour
- Whatever happened to (someone or something)?
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| HAPPEN➣Halton and Peel Professional Executive Network (Canada) |
happen
Synonyms for happenverb occurSynonyms- occur
- take place
- come about
- follow
- result
- appear
- develop
- arise
- come off
- ensue
- crop up
- transpire
- materialize
- present itself
- come to pass
- see the light of day
- eventuate
verb chanceSynonyms- chance
- turn out
- have the fortune to be
verb befallSynonyms- befall
- overtake
- become of
- betide
phrase happen on or upon somethingSynonyms- find
- encounter
- run into
- come upon
- turn up
- stumble on
- hit upon
- chance upon
- light upon
- blunder on
- discover unexpectedly
Synonyms for happenverb to take placeSynonyms- befall
- betide
- come
- come about
- come off
- develop
- hap
- occur
- pass
- transpire
verb to take place by chanceSynonymsphrase happen on: to find or meet by chanceSynonyms- bump into
- chance on
- come across
- come on
- find
- light on
- run across
- run into
- stumble on
- tumble on
- alight on
Synonyms for happenverb come to passSynonyms- come about
- hap
- occur
- take place
- go on
- pass off
- fall out
- pass
Related Words- recrudesce
- develop
- break
- come up
- arise
- result
- intervene
- transpire
- give
- operate
- supervene
- proceed
- go
- come
- fall
- anticipate
- recur
- repeat
- come off
- go over
- go off
- roll around
- come around
- materialise
- materialize
- happen
- bechance
- befall
- betide
- coincide
- concur
- backfire
- backlash
- recoil
- chance
- shine
- strike
- turn out
- contemporise
- contemporize
- synchronise
- synchronize
verb happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chanceSynonymsRelated Words- hap
- happen
- occur
- come about
- take place
- go on
- pass off
- fall out
- pass
verb chance to be or do something, without intention or causationRelated Words- bechance
- befall
- happen
- chance
verb come into beingSynonymsRelated Words- hap
- happen
- occur
- come about
- take place
- go on
- pass off
- fall out
- pass
- come out
- appear
verb come upon, as if by accidentSynonyms |