happen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: happen	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for happen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
happen v come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" Synonym(s): happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place 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) Synonym(s): happen, befall, bechance chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!" come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized" Synonym(s): happen, materialize, materialise Antonym(s): dematerialise, dematerialize 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" Synonym(s): find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
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.]