happen

/hˈæpən/

/ˈhæpən/

to happen

MAIN VERB

to take place, particularly with no plan

synonyms : come about

1.1

to take place or occur as the result of an event, process, etc.

1.2

to occur or be experienced by someone

used to state that one disagrees with someone or is annoyed by what they have said

to find or discover something accidentally

synonyms : bump

Examples

1. The misunderstanding happened because of a lack of communication.

2. The exact same thing happened to my sister last week.

3. The accident happened on the way to work this morning.

4. The door happened to be unlocked.