Dictionary Entry
happen
happen is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
- 2intransitive verb
To take place; to occur.
- 3verb
come to pass
"What is happening?"
"The meeting took place off without an incidence"
- 4verb
come into being; become reality
"Her dream really materialized"
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- 5verb
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance (Santayana)
"It happens that today is my birthday"
"These things befell"
- 6verb
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"
- 7verb
chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
"I happen to have just what you need!"
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