to transpire
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6.9
- verb
- /trænˈspaɪər/
:
suceder
- President Venegas, thank you for speaking to me about the events that have transpired over the past 12 hours.
- events transpire
- actually transpired
- Thus it transpired
And so that has pretty much transpired according to script.
- And so that has pretty much transpired according to script.
- And yet when it transpired, it felt so right.
- So there's huge amounts of history that has transpired that hasn't been chronicled.
- You can look at it as, OK, what may have transpired since our better days.
- Of course, you're not going back to everything that transpired once Coach Haven retired.
- It transpires that you love the colour blue.
- Like, what is your hope for what may transpire there?
- This video was shot initially as a response to something that's been transpiring in the UK.
- There's an Ulta, A makeshift Ulta, and he's watching this whole scene transpire in front of him.
- So but then it transpired that what happened had happened.
- This one experience that that transpired over the course of almost a year or so.
- A few texts transpired with me trying to shut it down kindly.
- So what transpired or what do you think transpired between then that two that two weeks?
Examples
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For the entire summer, the debate transpired between these two camps.
Academic text (1990) -
And the events that transpired allowed them to inject massive amounts of capital.
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So, you never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.
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And yet when it transpired, it felt so right.
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But could you just give us your take on what transpired after this incident in America?
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And I think what America will become is going to be defined by what transpires in the very short term.
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We're going to have a serious look at how this whole situation transpired.
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I hope what transpired will compel people to buy those two books.
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Ross woke at five-thirty, instantly aware of where he was and what had transpired the evening before.
Fiction book (1994) -
We are still waiting to see what will transpire during the conference next week.
Synonyms
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1.0
To take place, often by chance and without planning
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3.4
To be discovered or to happen in a way you do not expect
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2.0
Happen without being planned or expected
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4.0
To become known or start to exist, for example as an idea
How Public
Surface Forms
Morphology
transpire = spire (opaque) = trans + spire
The sense 'become known; occur' is a later metaphorical extension and is not directly derivable from the morphemes by an average learner.
Etymology
Transpire meaning 'become known' also comes from trans- 'across' and spirare 'to breathe', and a helpful way to remember it is to think of news 'breathing across' from private to open. So when something transpires it 'comes out' or happens and becomes known.