Happen

/ˈhæpən/

Synonyms for "happen" (125 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Noun(1 words)
alighting
appearbe foundbe met withbe realizedbechancebecome ofbefall

Strong matches (38)

betidebreakbumpchancecomecome aboutcome alongcome downcome offcome to passcome truecome uponcookdevelopdoemergeencounter
Noun(4 words)
betidingchance ofchancingdutch komen

Related words (62)

eventuateexistfallfall outfindgivegogo offgo onhaphappen alonghappen by chancehazardhitlightluckmaterializemeetmeet withoccur
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passpass offplacepop upproveresultrisestumblestumble onstumble upontake placetranspiretruetumbleturnturn outturn upunfold
Noun(6 words)
mischancenaturally occurringresultstrikeswedish kommatranspiring

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6 relation types

More general

17 entries
chancecome aboutcome acrossencountereventfall outgo onhapmeetoccuroccurrencepasspass offrun acrossrun intosee

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More specific

2 entries

Collocations

5 entries
common occurrencemajor eventnatural occurrencerandom eventunforeseen event

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

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similar

2 entries

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

That won't happen.

Source: tatoeba (1302)

Let's consider the worst that could happen.

Source: tatoeba (1353)

I didn't want this to happen.

Source: tatoeba (1446)

If you know that something unpleasant will happen, that you will go to the dentist for example, or to France, then that is not good.

Source: tatoeba (1842)

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