happened

Verb

happen (third-person singular simple present happens, present participle happening, simple past and past participle happened)

1. (intransitive) To occur or take place.
   • Let me tell you how it happened.

   Synonyms:

   come to pass

2. (archaic, transitive) To happen to; to befall.
   • 'By my soul! I believe something bad has happened me,' he muttered, and popped up his window, and looked out, half dreaming over the church-yard on the park beyond […]1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
3. (impersonal, intransitive, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.
   • Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain.
4. To encounter by chance.
   • Unexpectedly, in a nook close by the farmhouse, he happened upon a spot where the vintage had actually commenced.1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 30, in The Marble Faun
5. (informal) To become popular or trendy.

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