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happen
verb as in come to pass; occur
Strongest matches
appear, arise, arrive, crop up, develop, fall, go on, hit, materialize, meet, pass, result, take effect, take place, transpire
Strong matches
befall, betide, bump, chance, down, ensue, eventuate, follow, issue, light, proceed, recur, shake, smoke, spring, stumble, supervene
Weak matches
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
Example Sentences
The rights of citizens to decide what happens to them is fundamental.
She said Mr Welby's decision was "absolutely the right thing to do" but that it "probably could have happened quicker".
She said some local residents had opened their front doors to ask police for information about what had happened.
"For sure, Howard Marks was the worst thing that ever happened to me in my life," he tells the documentary.
Attacks on the police happen on average 100 times a day in the UK, the BBC has found.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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