Analysis Complete

happen

/ happen /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
come to pass
"What is happening?"
"The meeting took place off without an incidence"
"Nothing occurred that seemed important"
Kinds of:
break recrudesce develop arise come up
Derived:
hap happening occurrence natural event
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Frame 34
verb Sense 2
come into being; become reality
"Her dream really materialized"
Opposites:
dematerialize dematerialise
Type of:
hap go on pass off
Kinds of:
appear come out
Derived:
materialization materialisation manifestation offspring
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 3
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)"
Type of:
hap go on pass off
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 4
chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
"I happen to have just what you need!"
Type of:
chance
Verb group:
befall bechance
Usage Patterns:
Something is ----ing PP
Frame 34
verb Sense 5
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"
Derived:
meeting encounter discovery find uncovering
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
58%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
31
Times Searched
3
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break recrudesce develop arise come up hap go on pass off appear come out dematerialize dematerialise