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Antonyms for happenings

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hap-uh-ning
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæp ə nɪŋ

Definition of happenings

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "chance, luck," from present participle of happen; meaning "occurrence" is 1550s. Sense of "spontaneous event or display" is from 1959 in the argot of artists. Happenings "events" was noted by Fowler as a vogue word from c.1905.
  • noun occurrence
Example sentences :
  • He sees the happenings in the household, but sees them in a light of his own.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Certainly, some happenings in this world of ours did not seem quite fair.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The happenings of the next few minutes were noisy and profane.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He seemed to be in a sort of waking dream and only dimly conscious of happenings about him.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "There is undoubtedly some connection between the two happenings," said Jeter.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • The happenings which followed crowded it from his mind, and from Madeline's also, for that matter.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • He passed on to speak of last night's happenings and of his escape.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • By what means can news reach you here of the happenings of the world without?
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • A volley of musketry from below came to warn them of the happenings there.
  • Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Laspara is very summary in his version of that night's happenings.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for happenings

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