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

Example sentences :

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

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