Antonyms for happened

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hap-uhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæp ən

Definition of happened

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 :

When the soul was again led into the body, it related all that had happened to it.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

I am sure the injury you speak of could not have happened when he was in charge.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

I can't conceive how such damage could have happened to the boat.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

But the damage would not have happened if Will had not lent the boat to me.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

No, I couldn't help it, but still it wouldn't have happened if it had not been in my charge.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

This is what had happened to the word during the course of many centuries.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Such of the sailors as happened to be on deck shared his feelings.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

The next day's newspaper brought tidings of what had happened.
Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

Often it happened that certain farmers could not pay their tax.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Hope asked no questions, and hardly felt the impulse to inquire what had happened.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Synonyms for happened

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