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HAPPEN definition: 1. (of a situation or an event) to have existence or come into existence: 2. If something happens…. Learn more.
1. : to occur by chance often used with it. it so happens I'm going your way. 2. : to come into being or occur as an event, process, or result. mistakes will happen. 3. : to do, encounter, or attain something by or as if by chance. I happen to know the answer. 4. a. : to meet or discover something by chance.
Definition of happen verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (intransitive) (of an event in time) to come about or take place; occur. 2. (intransitive; 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. (transitive)
verb. happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance. “It happens that today is my birthday” synonyms: bechance, befall. see more. verb. chance to be or do something, without intention or causation. “I happen to have just what you need!” synonyms: bechance, befall.
HAPPEN definition: 1. If an event or situation happens, it exists or starts to be done, usually by chance: 2. to be…. Learn more.
to come to pass by chance; occur without apparent reason or design: Don't ask me what caused it—it just happened, that's all. to have the fortune or lot (to do or be as specified); chance: I happened to see him on the street. to befall, as to a person or thing: Something dreadful has happened to me.
used when you say something that is surprising, or something connected with what someone else has just said I agree with you, as it happens. As it happens, I have a spare set of keys in my office.
happen meaning, definition, what is happen: when something happens, there is an even...: Learn more.
Happen, which originally denoted the taking place by hap or chance, is now the most general word for coming to pass: Something has happened. Chance suggests the accidental nature of an event: It chanced to rain that day.
