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Synonyms for happen upon


Grammar : Verb
Spell : hap-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæp ən

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Définition of happen upon

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to come to pass, occur," originally "occur by hap, to have the (good or bad) fortune (to do, be, etc.);" see hap (n.). Replaced Old English gelimpan, gesceon, and Middle English befall. In Middle English fel it hap meant "it happened." Related: Happened; happening.
  • As in locate : verb find
  • As in pick up : verb obtain, find
  • As in strike : verb find, discover
  • As in come across : verb encounter, find
  • As in find : verb catch sight of, lay hands on
  • As in guess : verb try to figure out; imagine
Example sentences :
  • We follow him to see how he will wake Francis Raven, and what will happen upon that.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
  • The adventurer with a pickaxe in Washoe may happen upon like good fortune.
  • Extract from : « Backlog Studies » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • One must be told by some one, one can't just happen upon it by oneself.
  • Extract from : « A Young Girl's Diary » by An Anonymous Young Girl
  • There is Kimberley, Ramathlabama, and Buluwayo—what is to happen upon the western frontier?
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Mafeking (1900) » by J. Angus Hamilton.
  • The artist was so careful to cling closely to contemporary conventions that sometimes we happen upon very amusing compromises.
  • Extract from : « Stained Glass Tours in France » by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill
  • The book is now rare, but this statement will serve as a warning to those who may happen upon the first edition.
  • Extract from : « A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections » by Isabel Florence Hapgood
  • Beyond Woolaston, in an outlying nook of the county, we happen upon the fine old Jacobean mansion called Braggington.
  • Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of Shropshire » by H. Thornhill Timmins
  • Here we happen upon a church which, though restored about thirty years ago, retains many points of interest to the antiquary.
  • Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of Shropshire » by H. Thornhill Timmins
  • How many times had he wished he might happen upon that Pitcher just as he was now, in street clothes—to look at him, study him!
  • Extract from : « Bunker Bean » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • We happen upon them not only in the modified Colonial structures, but in houses in every period of architecture.
  • Extract from : « American Cookery » by Various

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