happen
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
happen/ˈhapən/
▶verb
- 1 take place; occur.
- 2 come about by chance.
■ chance to do something or come about.
■ (happen on) come across by chance.
■ used as a polite formula in questions: do you happen to know who her doctor is?
- 3 (happen to) be experienced by; befall.
■ become of.
– phrases
as it happens actually; as a matter of fact.
as it happens actually; as a matter of fact.
'happen' also found in these Oxford entries:
adventure
- anxious
- anyway
- assure
- be
- become
- befall
- betide
- bottom
- bring
- cause
- certain
- change
- come
- concur
- consent
- D-Day
- desire
- destiny
- draw
- eat
- effect
- enforce
- engineer
- ensue
- event
- expect
- expectancy
- expectant
- expectation
- eyewitness
- fall
- false alarm
- fare
- fate
- figure
- forbid
- forthcoming
- future
- give
- go
- hand
- hap
- happenstance
- hasten
- herald
- hinder
- imminent
- impend
