happen

[US]/ˈhæpən/
[UK]/ˈhæpən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi.take place and result in something, take effect;occur by chance, coincidentally

Phrases & Collocations

what's happening

accident happened

happen to be

as it happens

happen on

happen to meet

happen to coincide

Example Sentences

It will happen sometime and somewhere.

there happens to be a clash of personalities.

happened to be in the neighborhood.

a happening of no great importance.

happen upon sb. in the street

Look to it that this doesn't happen again.

My correspondence happens to be rigidly controlled.

It happened on January the seventeenth.

It happened on November first.

happen I'll go back just for a while.

nightclubs for the young are the happening thing.

it happened late in 1984.

a lot can happen in eight months.

wondering what would happen next.

accidents can happen to the unwary traveller.

It hasn't happened in my memory.

It happened prior to my arrival.

It so happens that I know the man.

We happened to be in the neighbourhood.

The accident happened yesterday.

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