Antonyms for happen

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hap-uhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæp ən

Definition of happen

Origin : c.1300, "to come to pass, occur," originally "occur by hap, to have the (good or bad) fortune (to do, be, etc.);" see hap (n.). Replaced Old English gelimpan, gesceon, and Middle English befall. In Middle English fel it hap meant "it happened." Related: Happened; happening.

verb come to pass; occur

Example sentences :

Some horrible accident might happen to delay us here thirty minutes.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

But where the material and the moral exist together, what is to happen then?
Extract from : « The Hall of Fantasy (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

If you happen to know several, now is the time to tell them.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

If you happen to be unacquainted with its authentic history, so much the better.
Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

But of this we may be sure, that it will not happen again very often.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

It is less likely to happen again for the very reason that it has happened.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

I am not so presumptuous as to say that for me this may not happen.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

I happen to know one of our number who can write a very enviable hand.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

More things can happen to a fellow than I ever knew there was!
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Brother, you'll be the cause that some misfortune will happen here.
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

Synonyms for happen

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