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Antonyms for happens
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : hap-uhn |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæp ən |
Definition of happens
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
- But did you ever stop to think what happens when you write a letter?
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- They were smuggled, mind you, and no matter what happens, he can't squeal.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Lucky the cayuse who happens to be the right size for his harness.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- If he happens to appear in the office, I have to associate with him; but, thank Heaven!
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- I am with him because it happens from particular circumstances to suit my convenience.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- There must be something wrong in the firm when that happens.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- But it so happens that He has dealt with it in words of unusual fulness.
- Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
- This happens to be your first, and so, were I you, I would not pursue the subject further.'
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- What happens to this meat, and what is going on in the water which surrounds it?
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 417 » by Various
- It must be sown thin, and notwithstanding that attention, it often happens to be too thick.
- Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
Synonyms for happens
- appear
- arise
- arrive
- be found
- become a fact
- become known
- become of
- befall
- betide
- bump
- chance
- come about
- come after
- come into being
- come into existence
- come off
- crop up
- develop
- down
- ensue
- eventuate
- fall
- follow
- go on
- hit
- issue
- light
- luck
- materialize
- meet
- pass
- present itself
- proceed
- recur
- result
- shake
- smoke
- spring
- stumble
- stumble upon
- supervene
- take effect
- take place
- transpire
- turn out
- turn up
- what goes
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