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happen

verb

hap·​pen ˈha-pən How to pronounce happen (audio)
-pᵊm
happened; happening ˈhap-niŋ How to pronounce happen (audio)
ˈha-pə-

intransitive verb

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
happened upon a system that worked Richard Corbin
b
: to come or go casually : make a chance appearance
he might happen by at any time
5
: to come especially by way of injury or harm
I promise nothing will happen to you

Example Sentences

Something like that was bound to happen sooner or later. You never know what's going to happen when they get together. What happened at school today? “What's happening?” “They're installing new equipment.”
Recent Examples on the Web That doesn’t happen at a lot of college football stadiums. Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2022 Phenom watch list earlier this year, but her success with the Dolphins did not happen overnight. Sarah Barber, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022 That didn’t happen over President Trump’s four years in office. Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 As long as Apple can’t guarantee that won’t happen, the Ultra is exciting but most likely just something that appeals to weekend warriors. Adrienne So, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2022 National stories based on local stories conflated young people having parties, young people getting Covid, and young people incentivizing getting Covid with prizes—which did not happen. Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022 The 38-year-old said the fatigue did not happen on a specific pitch and no muscles tightened up. Andrew Tredinnick, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022 Science doesn’t always happen in impossibly shiny labs. Marta Balaga, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022 Much of the nation's standardized testing didn't happen during the early days of the pandemic, so the findings released Thursday gave an early look at the impact of pandemic learning disruptions. CBS News, 1 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from hap

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of happen was in the 14th century

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