Happen - Definition

v 1: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
important" [syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off,
occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place]
2: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by
chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things
befell" (Santayana) [syn: happen, befall, bechance]
3: chance to be or do something, without intention or causation;
"I happen to have just what you need!"
4: come into being; become reality; "Her dream really
materialized" [syn: happen, materialize, materialise]
[ant: dematerialise, dematerialize]
5: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea
in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not
very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in
the bookstore the other day" [syn: find, happen,
chance, bump, encounter]