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/ˈhÃĻpən/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "happen"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϘāϟāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϘāϟāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to come into existence by chance or as a consequence
Intransitive: to happen | to happen point in time
to happen definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I never thought such a coincidence would happen to me.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ•āϤāĻžāϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϘāϟāύāĻž āϘāϟāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āϘāϟāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϘāϟāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be experienced by someone or something
Transitive: to happen to sb point in time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The same issue happened to my computer yesterday.
āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāωāϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āχ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϘāϟāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϘāϟāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to occur by chance
Linking Verb: to happen to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It happened that a sudden rainstorm disrupted the outdoor concert we were attending.
āϘāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻšāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϜāĻžāύāĻž, āĻšā§‡āύāĻž

used in questions to politely inquire about the details of an event or situation
Transitive: to happen to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Could you happen to have the report ready for me?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧈āĻŦāĻžā§Ž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
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āϘāϟāĻž, āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

used to emphasize an unexpected or surprising fact
Linking Verb: to happen to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The person you 're insulting happens to be my best friend.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧈āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ, āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇

used to suggest a possibility or uncertainty
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Happen we could grab a coffee sometime this week.
āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāχ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻāĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤

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