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Synonyms for happened


Grammar : Verb
Spell : hap-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæp ən

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Définition 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

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