Synonyms for happen
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hap-uhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæp ən |
Top 10 synonyms for happen Other synonyms for the word happen
- be found
- become a fact
- become known
- become of
- befall
- betide
- bump
- chance
- come about
- come after
- come into being
- come into existence
- come off
- down
- ensue
- eventuate
- follow
- issue
- light
- luck
- pass
- present itself
- proceed
- recur
- result
- shake
- smoke
- spring
- stumble
- stumble upon
- supervene
- take effect
- take place
- transpire
- turn out
- turn up
- what goes
Définition of happen
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.
- verb come to pass; occur
- Some horrible accident might happen to delay us here thirty minutes.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But where the material and the moral exist together, what is to happen then?
- Extract from : « The Hall of Fantasy (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- If you happen to know several, now is the time to tell them.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- If you happen to be unacquainted with its authentic history, so much the better.
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- But of this we may be sure, that it will not happen again very often.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- It is less likely to happen again for the very reason that it has happened.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- I am not so presumptuous as to say that for me this may not happen.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- I happen to know one of our number who can write a very enviable hand.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- More things can happen to a fellow than I ever knew there was!
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Brother, you'll be the cause that some misfortune will happen here.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
Antonyms for happen
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