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happening definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb happen 2 of 5 senses of happen Sense 1 happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place => break, recrudesce, develop => arise, come up => transpire => give => operate => supervene => proceed, go => come => fall => anticipate => develop => recur, repeat => go off come off go over => come around roll around => happen, materialize, materialise => happen, befall, bechance => befall, bechance, betide => concur, coincide => chance => break => fall, shine, strike => turn out => synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise Sense 4 happen, materialize, materialise => appear, come out Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb happen 2 of 5 senses of happen Sense 1 happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place => break, recrudesce, develop => arise, come up => condense => open open up => come up => transpire => give => operate => supervene => proceed, go => drag, drag on drag out => do fare, make out come get along => come => fall, descend, settle => fall => anticipate => develop => recur, repeat => cycle => go off come off go over => come around roll around => happen, materialize, materialise => appear, come out => happen, befall, bechance => befall, bechance, betide => concur, coincide => overlap => chance => happen => break => fall, shine, strike => turn out => synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise Sense 4 happen, materialize, materialise => appear, come out Entailment of verb happen Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb happen 5 senses of happen Sense 1 happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place Sense 2 happen, befall, bechance => happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place Sense 3 happen => chance Sense 4 happen, materialize, materialise => happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place Sense 5 find happen, chance, bump, encounter Familiarity of verb happen happen used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb happen Sense 2 happen, befall, bechance => happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place Sense 3 happen => chance -------------- Sense 1 happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place -------------- Sense 4 happen, materialize, materialise => happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place -------------- Sense 5 find happen, chance, bump, encounter -------------- Grep of noun happening happening Overview of noun happening The noun happening has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) happening, occurrence, natural event -- (an event that happens) Overview of verb happen The verb happen has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (150) happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place -- (come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important") 2. (20) happen, befall, bechance -- (happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)) 3. (17) happen -- (chance to be or do something without intention or causation: "I happen to have just what you need!") 4. (9) happen, materialize, materialise -- (come into being become reality; "Her dream really materialized") 5. find happen, chance, bump, encounter -- (come upon as if by accident; meet with "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day") Overview of adj happening The adj happening has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. happening -- (taking place "the parade is still happening") Antonyms of adj happening 1 sense of happening Sense 1 happening INDIRECT (VIA on) -> off cancelled Similarity of adj happening 1 sense of happening Sense 1 happening => on (vs. off) Attributes of adj happening Familiarity of adj happening happening used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj happening happening Overview of noun happening The noun happening has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) happening, occurrence, natural event -- (an event that happens) Overview of verb happen The verb happen has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (150) happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place -- (come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important") 2. (20) happen, befall, bechance -- (happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)) 3. (17) happen -- (chance to be or do something without intention or causation: "I happen to have just what you need!") 4. (9) happen, materialize, materialise -- (come into being become reality; "Her dream really materialized") 5. find happen, chance, bump, encounter -- (come upon as if by accident; meet with "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day") Overview of adj happening The adj happening has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. happening -- (taking place "the parade is still happening")
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