happen
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
come to pass
What is happening?
Types & categories
- recrudesce hyponym
- come up hyponym
- result hyponym
- intervene hyponym
- transpire hyponym
- give hyponym
- operate hyponym
- supervene hyponym
- proceed hyponym
- come hyponym
- fall hyponym
- anticipate hyponym
- develop hyponym
- recur hyponym
- go over hyponym
- roll around hyponym
- materialize hyponym
- happen hyponym
- befall hyponym
- concur hyponym
- backfire hyponym
- chance hyponym
- break hyponym
- strike hyponym
- turn out hyponym
- synchronise hyponym
Related & opposite
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
Sense 3 verb
chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
I happen to have just what you need!
Types & categories
- chance hypernym
Related & opposite
- happen verb group
Sense 4 verb
come into being; become reality
Her dream really materialized
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dematerialize antonym
- offspring derivation
- materialization derivation
- materialization derivation
Sense 5 verb
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
We find this idea in Plato
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | happening |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recrudesce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | come up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | result |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intervene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | transpire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | give |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | operate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | supervene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | proceed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | come |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anticipate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | develop |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recur |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | go over |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | roll around |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | materialize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | happen |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | befall |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | concur |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | backfire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | strike |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | turn out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | synchronise |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | happen |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hap |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | happen |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | chance |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | dematerialize |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | offspring |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | materialization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | materialization |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hap |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | come out |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | discovery |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | encounter |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | finder |