Definitions for haPPen
ˈhæp ənhap·pen

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take placeverb

   come to pass

   "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

2. happen, befall, bechanceverb

   happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance

   "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)

3. happenverb

   chance to be or do something, without intention or causation

   "I happen to have just what you need!"

4. happen, materialize, materialiseverb

   come into being; become reality

   "Her dream really materialized"

5. find, happen, chance, bump, encounterverb

   come upon, as if by accident; meet with

   "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. happenverb

   To occur or take place.

   Let me tell you how it happened.

2. happenverb

   To occur unexpectedly, by chance or with a low probability.

   Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain.

3. happenverb

   To encounter by chance.

4. happenadverb

   maybe, perhaps.

5. Etymology: From happenen

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Happenverb

   Etymology: from hap.

   1. To fall out; to chance; to come to pass.

   Bring forth your strong reasons, and shew us what shall happen. Is. xl. 22.

   Say not I have sinned, and what harm hath happened unto me. Ecclus. v. 4.

   If it so fall out that thou art miserable for ever, thou hast no reason to be surprized, as if some unexpected thing had happened to thee. John Tillotson, Sermons.

   2. To light; to fall by chance.

   I have happened on some other accounts relating to mortalities. John Graunt, Bills of Mortality.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. happen

   Happen means to occur or take place; an event or situation that takes place without being planned or expected.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Happenverb

   to come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out

2. Happenverb

   to take place; to occur

3. Etymology: [OE. happenen, hapnen. See Hap to happen.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. happen

   To occur.

   The creation of peace is happening as we speak all around the world.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Chance
   • Happen

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'haPPen' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1376

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'haPPen' in Written Corpus Frequency: #552

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'haPPen' in Verbs Frequency: #64

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How to pronounce haPPen?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say haPPen in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of haPPen in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of haPPen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of haPPen in a Sentence

1. Oday Aboushi:

   Oday Aboushi said in an interview with The Associated Press. It doesnt happen much, but at the same time it comes with a lot of responsibility. And I feel like having this platform allows me to use that responsibility in a positive way. Oday Aboushi made Oday Aboushi second start of the season and the 36th of Oday Aboushi career on Sunday, helpingDetroit beat Washington30-27. The Lions made a statement as a team last summer, choosing not to practice as a form ofprotestafter Jacob Blake, Jacob Blake, was shot by police in Wisconsin. Oday Aboushi was front and center as Oday Aboushi teammates spoke to reporters about their decision outside the teams practice facility. And as a player in the powerful league, coincidently playing in an area with a large Arab American population, Oday Aboushi wants to use his voice to speak up for people in his parents homeland. There is this call of not staying silent and using our places of position to elevate those that feel unheard and unseen for such a long time, said U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat from Detroit. People can relate to us as activists me as a girl from southwest Detroit, him the NFL player. NFL WEEK 10 RECAP, SCORES AND STANDINGS Aboushis parents emigrated to New York after both were born in east Jerusalem, a part of the world that regularly makes international news. On Monday, European diplomats visited the site of an Israeli planned settlement expansion in eastJerusalemthat threatens to cut off parts of the city claimed by Palestinians from West Bank. Israel has long dismissed international criticism of settlement activity. Palestinians want a future state that includes east Jerusalem and the West Bank territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 war and view settlements as a major obstacle to peace. Oday Aboushi visited West Bank in 2009, when Oday Aboushi talked with orphans and said Oday Aboushi witnessed Palestinians being held at checkpoints. West Bank was a huge eye-opener for me as far as what West Bank like to be back in Palestine in West Bank current situation right now with the occupation of Israel.

2. Daniel Meier:

   There is even one bigger issue; that is if the electronics fail it will just fall down to the ground. This can't happen with Skye because helium is providing the buoyancy, so if ever something goes wrong it becomes a huge balloon and people could play with it.

3. Multiple Republican governors:

   National Institute of Allergy's what I'm being told by the people who are responsible for the testing. I take them for their word. If that doesn't happen, I'm going to go to them and say,' What happened here, why didn't it happen and how can we fix it ?'.

4. Jose Ugaz:

   If that does not happen then only a fully independent investigation, free from political interference, can uncover the truth.

5. Alison Hedervary:

   I don’t want to live every day thinking about my disease, i don’t want to be paranoid thinking about what could happen because then I’ll be depressed, and that’s not the way to live your life. I just want to enjoy life with every day that I have.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=haPPen
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Happen
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=haPPen
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haPPen
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=haPPen