verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of happen form-of, participle, past

Synonyms

All synonyms

bechancebefallchancecome aboutcome aboutcome to pass

Example

More examples

"What happened? There's water all over the apartment."

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