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happen

/ˈhæpən/

US UK

verb

-pens; -pened; -pening

[no obj]

to take place especially without being planned :occur

Mistakes/Accidents will happen.

Something like that was bound to happen sooner or later.

You never know what's going to happen when they get together.

What happened at school today?

What's happening? They're installing new equipment.

not used in progressive tenses

to do or be something by chance - followed by to + verb

The children happened to be asleep when we called.

I happened to overhear their conversation.

I happen to know his brother.

Do you happen to know the way to the station?

b - used with it to describe something that occurs by chance

It (so) happened that the children were asleep when we called.

It happened to rain that day.

As it happened, it rained that day.

It (just so) happens that I know his brother.

c - used to make an angry or forceful statement; followed by to + verb

The woman you've been looking at happens to be my wife!

I happen to think that the movie was actually very good.

happen along

or happen by

[phrasal verb] US literary + old-fashioned :to come to or by a place by chance

He was about to leave when his old girlfriend happened by.

happen into

[phrasal verb]

happen into (a place) US :to enter (a place) by chance

She happened into the room just as the music started.

happen on/upon

[phrasal verb]

happen on/upon (someone or something) literary + old-fashioned :to find or meet (someone or something) by chance

She happened on a little cottage in the woods.

I happened upon them at the grocery store.

happen to

[phrasal verb]

happen to (someone or something) :to affect or involve (someone or something) as the result of an event or action

An odd thing happened to me on my way to the office last week.

I wonder what/whatever happened to that guy. [=I wonder where that guy has gone and what he has been doing] especially; :to affect (someone or something) in a bad or harmful way

I promise nothing will happen to you.

What happened to the car? There's a big scratch on the fender.

* Các từ tương tự:
happening, happenstance