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HAPPEN

\hˈapən], \hˈapən], \h_ˈa_p_ə_n]\

Definitions of HAPPEN

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
To take place; to occur.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
To take place; to occur.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To come by chance, occur; take place; come to pass.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To come to pass; occur by chance.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To occur or exist by chance; befall; come to pass.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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