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
- 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
- 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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