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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (5)

1. come to pass;
- Example: "What is happening?"
- Example: "The meeting took place off without an incidence"
- Example: "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
[syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place]

2. happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance;
- Example: "It happens that today is my birthday"
- Example: "These things befell" (Santayana);
[syn: happen, befall, bechance]

3. chance to be or do something, without intention or causation;
- Example: "I happen to have just what you need!"

4. come into being; become reality;
- Example: "Her dream really materialized"
[syn: happen, materialize, materialise]

5. come upon, as if by accident; meet with;
- Example: "We find this idea in Plato"
- Example: "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"
- Example: "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
[syn: find, happen, chance, bump, encounter]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Happen \Hap"pen\ (h[a^]p"p'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Happened
   (-p'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Happening.] [OE. happenen, hapnen.
   See Hap to happen.]
   1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation;
      to fall out.
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            There shall no evil happen to the just. --Prov. xii.
                                                  21.
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   2. To take place; to occur.
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            All these things which had happened.  --Luke xxiv.
                                                  14.
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   To happen on, to meet with; to fall or light upon. "I have
      happened on some other accounts." --Graunt.

   To happen in, to make a casual call. [Colloq.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

happen
    v 1: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
         off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
         important" [syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off,
         occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place]
    2: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by
       chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things
       befell" (Santayana) [syn: happen, befall, bechance]
    3: chance to be or do something, without intention or causation;
       "I happen to have just what you need!"
    4: come into being; become reality; "Her dream really
       materialized" [syn: happen, materialize, materialise]
       [ant: dematerialise, dematerialize]
    5: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea
       in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not
       very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in
       the bookstore the other day" [syn: find, happen,
       chance, bump, encounter]