happen

[hap-uhn] / ˈhæp ən /

VERB

come to pass; occur

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appear arise arrive crop up develop fall go on hit materialize meet pass result take effect take place transpire

STRONG

befall betide bump chance down ensue eventuate follow issue light proceed recur shake smoke spring stumble supervene

WEAK

be found become a fact become known become of come about come after come into being come into existence come off luck present itself stumble upon turn out turn up what goes

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease disappear fail halt lose stop

STRONG

precede

Example Sentences

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Americans who didn’t know the Olympics were happening last week have become obsessed.

From The Wall Street Journal

We saw what happened to Lindsey Vonn when she accidentally hooked her arm on one and that apparently contributed to her violent crash.

From Los Angeles Times

The endowment-funded growth of the past three decades, he said, will likely never happen again.

From The Wall Street Journal

A spokesman for Myhrvold said no deal with the Core Club happened.

From The Wall Street Journal

"This means that visual information about things happening in the outside world becomes less accessible to our consciousness. To fill this gap in the puzzle, our brain inserts fragments from memory -- it hallucinates."

From Science Daily

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