to happen
∞
1.0
- verb
- /ˈhæpən/
:
ocurrir
- We know what's going to happen, we just don't know how.
- things happen
- never happens
- just happened
Ideally, when splitting happens, we don't have that.
- Ideally, when splitting happens, we don't have that.
- What matters now is what happens going forward.
- So I think that will happen over time.
- Like that's just, if that happens, it's, it's over.
- So when when X happens, then Y gets this.
- He said, what happened to you was bad.
- So if that's the worst that can happen, go for it.
- I mean, things happen on the set, you know?
- And it wasn't going to happen all right.
- We know what's going to happen, we just don't know how.
- And after that point, though, what happens is kind of odd.
- The real picture of what has happened is this.
- OK What do you think happens with China, Taiwan.
Examples
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Let's wait and see what will happen during the meeting tomorrow.
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So if that's the worst that can happen, go for it.
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Look, if we let economic growth happen, it goes.
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And, and what do you think will happen if that happens?
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So I think that will happen over time.
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What matters now is what happens going forward.
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And now we will see that happen in more real time.
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But no matter what happens, we will help you through it.
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And after that point, though, what happens is kind of odd.
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No one can predict, but some scientists say it could happen in the next 10 years.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Happen or become known after some time
∞
1.3
Happen or be taking place
∞
1.8
Happen, especially when something is planned or scheduled
896
2.6
To be mentioned in a discussion
770
2.0
Happen without being planned or expected
333
3.3
Start to exist or happen
105
4.0
To happen, often by chance or without planning
63
5.8
To become real or happen as hoped
56
6.9
To become known, usually about facts or events
33
7.8
To happen to a person or thing, usually something bad
3
9.9
To take place
1
9.1
To happen as a result of something
To happen to someone by accident
Antonyms
Idioms
19
8.5
Saying this shows you do not believe someone's story and you want proof it is true
- Informal
Express real happiness that a very nice person got something they deserve
- Slang
A phrase that asks for a picture as proof that something really happened
Phrasal Verbs
How Planned
Surface Forms
Etymology
Happen comes from the old word hap meaning 'luck' or 'chance', and you can see the same root in perhaps and happy. So, to happen is for something to take place 'by chance' or without planning.