happening

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Etymology

From happen and -ing. The adjective and noun sense derive from the verb.

[edit] Adjective

happening (comparative more happening, superlative most happening)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) taking place
2. (slang) trendy, up-to-the-minute

   He is a real happening guy.

3. A term that became popular during the middle-to-late 1960s to denote an event with multiple cultural components, such as a graphic arts exhibition with accompanying or associated contemporaneous musical, social, and political events.

   The Andy Warhol reception was a freaky happening.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia has an article on:

Happening

Wikipedia

happening (plural happenings)

1. something that happens
2. a spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

happening

1. Present participle of happen.

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

happening

1. happening (event)

[edit] Declension