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English Dictionary: Happening by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
happening
n
  1. an event that happens [syn: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Happen \Hap"pen\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Happened}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Happening}.] [OE. happenen, hapnen. See {Hap} to happen.]
      1. To come by chance; to come without previous expectation;
            to fall out.
  
                     There shall no evil happen to the just. --Prov. xii.
                                                                              21.
  
      2. To take place; to occur.
  
                     All these things which had happened.   --Luke xxiv.
                                                                              14.
  
      {To happen on}, to meet with; to fall or light upon. [bd]I
            have happened on some other accounts.[b8] --Graunt.
  
      {To happen in}, to make a casual call. [Colloq.]
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