befall
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
become of; happen to
He promised that no harm would befall her
Types & categories
- hap hypernym
Sense 2 verb
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
It happens that today is my birthday
Types & categories
- hap hypernym
Related & opposite
- happen verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hap |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | happen |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hap |