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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to pass; occur |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, arrive, be found, become a fact, become known, become of, befall, betide, bump, chance, come about, come after, come into being, come into existence, come off, crop up, develop, down, ensue, eventuate, fall, follow, go on, hit, issue, light, luck, materialize, meet, pass, present itself, proceed, recur, result, shake, smoke*, spring, stumble, stumble upon, supervene, take effect, take place, transpire, turn out, turn up, what goes |
| Notes: | happen means to come to pass or occur; transpire means to come to be known or come to light |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | occur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take place, happen |
| Synonyms: | action, appear, arise, be found, be present, befall, betide, chance, come about, come off, come to pass, cook*, crop up, develop, ensue, eventualize, eventuate, exist, follow, go, jell, manifest, materialize, obtain, present itself, result, shake*, show, smoke*, take place, transpire, turn out, turn up |
| Notes: | use take place for scheduled events; use occur when something is accidental |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | turn up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover or be discovered |
| Synonyms: | be found, become known, bring to light, catch, come across, come to light, come to pass, crop up, descry, detect, dig up, disclose, encounter, espy, expose, find, hit upon, learn, meet, meet with, pop up, reveal, see, spot, track, track down, transpire, uncover, unearth |
| Antonyms: | lose, miss |
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