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#* '''1863''', Sheridan Le Fanu, ''{{w|The House by the Churchyard}}'' |
#* '''1863''', Sheridan Le Fanu, ''{{w|The House by the Churchyard}}'' |
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#*: 'By my soul! I believe something bad has '''happened''' me,' he muttered, and popped up his window, and looked out, half dreaming over the church-yard on the park beyond {{...}} |
#*: 'By my soul! I believe something bad has '''happened''' me,' he muttered, and popped up his window, and looked out, half dreaming over the church-yard on the park beyond {{...}} |
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# {{lb|en|intransitive|_|or|_|impersonal|with infinitive}} To do or occur by [[chance]] or unexpectedly. |
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# {{rfc-sense|en}} To have the [[fortune]] of (especially if unexpectedly, by chance{{,}} or with a low probability); to [[chance]]. |
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#: {{ux|en|Take an umbrella in case it '''happens''' to rain.}} |
#: {{ux|en|Take an umbrella in case it '''happens''' to rain.}} |
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#: {{ux|en|Do you '''happen''' to have an umbrella?}} |
#: {{ux|en|Do you '''happen''' to have an umbrella?}} |
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====Usage notes==== |
====Usage notes==== |
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* In the sense which indicates a chance occurrence, ''happen'' is a [[catenative]] verb that takes the ''to''-infinitive. See [[Appendix:English catenative verbs]] |
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====Synonyms==== |
====Synonyms==== |
Revision as of 05:20, 24 July 2018
See also: Happen
English
Etymology
From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“to fit in, be fitting”). Equivalent to hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) + -en (verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /ˈhæpən/ - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter)Audio (US): (file) - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) Rhymes: -æpən
Verb
happen (third-person singular simple present happens, present participle happening, simple past and past participle happened)
- (intransitive) To occur or take place.
- Let me tell you how it happened.
- (transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
- 'By my soul! I believe something bad has happened me,' he muttered, and popped up his window, and looked out, half dreaming over the church-yard on the park beyond […]
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
- (intransitive or impersonal, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.
- Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain.
- Do you happen to have an umbrella?
- I happened to get wet.
- (followed by on or upon) To encounter by chance.
- 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun, ch. 30:
- Unexpectedly, in a nook close by the farmhouse, he happened upon a spot where the vintage had actually commenced.
- 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun, ch. 30:
Usage notes
- In the sense which indicates a chance occurrence, happen is a catenative verb that takes the to-infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- (To occur or take place): come to pass
Derived terms
Terms derived from happen
Related terms
Translations
to occur
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Adverb
happen (not comparable)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /ˈɦɑpə(n)/ - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter)Audio: (file)
Verb
happen
- to take a bite
Inflection
Conjugation of happen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | happen | |||
past singular | hapte | |||
past participle | gehapt | |||
infinitive | happen | |||
gerund | happen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | hap | hapte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | hapt, hap2 | hapte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | hapt | hapte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | hapt | hapte | ||
3rd person singular | hapt | hapte | ||
plural | happen | hapten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | happe | hapte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | happen | hapten | ||
imperative sing. | hap | |||
imperative plur.1 | hapt | |||
participles | happend | gehapt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Noun
happen
- (deprecated template usage) Plural form of hap
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