happen

[hap-uhn] / ˈhæp ən /

VERB

come to pass; occur

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appear arise arrive crop up develop fall go on hit materialize meet pass result take effect take place transpire

STRONG

befall betide bump chance down ensue eventuate follow issue light proceed recur shake smoke spring stumble supervene

WEAK

be found become a fact become known become of come about come after come into being come into existence come off luck present itself stumble upon turn out turn up what goes

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease disappear fail halt lose stop

STRONG

precede

Example Sentences

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It wasn't until her 30s that she begun looking into what had happened in detail.

From BBC

Prefill happens when a user enters a prompt, forcing the model to interpret the query by processing each word, symbol or image it contains.

From The Wall Street Journal

He wouldn’t even look at me, which made me feel shamed, but it was better than having to talk about what had happened.

From Literature

“Something happened on my shift today,” I say finally.

From Literature

But the real juice here isn’t what’s happened so far, but what might happen next.

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