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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | occur, happen |
| Synonyms: | arise, befall, betide, chance, come about, come to pass, develop, ensue, eventuate, fall out, gel, go, result, shake, take place, turn up |
| Notes: | happen means to come to pass or occur; transpire means to come to be known or come to light |
| Main Entry: | be |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen |
| Synonyms: | befall, come about, come to pass, occur, take place, transpire |
| Main Entry: | befall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen to; take place |
| Synonyms: | action, bechance, betide, break, chance, come down, come off, come to pass, cook up a storm, cook with gas, cook*, develop, ensue, fall, fall out, follow, gel, go, go down, hap, happen, jell, materialize, occur, shake*, smoke*, supervene, transpire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emerge, happen |
| Synonyms: | appear, befall, betide, burst out, chance, come forth, come off, come to pass, develop, erupt, go, occur, transpire |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen |
| Synonyms: | arrive, be one's fate, befall, betide, blunder on, break, bump, come, come about, come off, come to pass, fall out, fall to one's lot, go, hap, hit upon, light, light upon, luck, meet, occur, stumble, stumble on, transpire, tumble, turn up |
| Main Entry: | come |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen |
| Synonyms: | befall, betide, break, chance, come to pass, develop, fall, hap, occur, take place, transpire, turn out |
| Main Entry: | come about |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen |
| Synonyms: | arise, befall, come to pass, occur, result, take place, transpire |
| Main Entry: | come out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make public |
| Synonyms: | appear, be announced, be brought out, be disclosed, be divulged, be exposed, be issued, be made known, be promulgated, be published, be released, be reported, be revealed, break*, debut, get out, leak*, out, transpire |
| Antonyms: | hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conclude |
| Synonyms: | end, result, terminate, transpire |
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