happen
happen is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. To take place; to occur. All these things which had happened. Luke xxiv.
- 2.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.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- according
- accordingly
- adventitious
- after
- all
- approach
- are
- attitude
- attribution
- await
- being
- beyond
- brewing
- case
- causation
- certain
- certainly
- chance
- circumstance
- circumstantial
- close
- come
- coming
- conditional
- conditionally
- conjunctive
- context
- contingency
- contingent
- crisis
- critical
- death
- dependence
- destiny
- distance
- doom
- embryo
- emergence
- emergency
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is happen.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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