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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A mission to Mars was supposed to happen this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Researchers already understand that nerves can help cancer spread, but what happens in the earliest phases of pancreatic cancer has remained uncertain.

From Science Daily

It will probably happen before I know it.

From The Wall Street Journal

So when he decided to come out of retirement and coach at Blair this season, you knew something good might happen.

From Los Angeles Times

But that moment of maximal British-American political parallel was also, as it happens, the moment when the parallel began to break down.

From Salon

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