Complete Definition of "happen"

see|Happen
English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-happen.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æp�n|-æp�n

Verb
en-verb|happens|happening|happened

  1. To occur.

#: Let me tell you how it happened.
#: Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain.

Usage notes
This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Related terms
happening

Translations
trans-top|to occur
trreq|Albanian
trreq|Arabic
trreq|Armenian
Catalan: passar, ocórrer, succeir
Chinese: ��, �� (f�sh�ng)
Danish: ske
Dutch: gebeuren
trreq|Estonian
Finnish: tapahtua, sattua, käydä
French: arriver, se produire, se passer
German: geschehen, passieren, stattfinden
Greek: ��μβαίν� (simvéno), ���αίν� (tiçéno), λα�αίν� (laçéno), ��γ�άν� (ti�xáno), διαδ�αμα�ίζομαι (ðiaðramatízome), �ημει�νομαι (simiónome)
Hebrew: ���|�ָ�ַ�ְ (halak)
Hungarian: t|hu|történik
Italian: accadere
trreq|Japanese
trans-mid
trreq|Korean
Latin: fieri, fio
trreq|Latvian
trreq|Lithuanian
Old English: weorþan, geweorþan|ġeweorþan
trreq|Persian
Portuguese: acontecer, suceder
Romanian: întâmpla, petrece
Russian: �л��и���� (slu�ít�s�a)
Seri: aaha
trreq|Slovak
trreq|Slovene
Spanish: suceder, ocurrir, pasar
Swedish: hända, ske
Thai: Thai|��ิ� (gèrt)
trreq|Turkish
trreq|Vietnamese
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Dutch

Verb
happen

  1. to take bites

Category:Dutch verbs

Noun
happen

  1. plural of|hap|lang=Dutch

zh-min-nan:happen
fa:happen
fr:happen
io:happen
it:happen
hu:happen
ja:happen
pl:happen
pt:happen
simple:happen
fi:happen
sv:happen
ta:happen
te:happen
vi:happen
zh:happen

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