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happening on

happening on is the present participle and gerund of happen on.

Meaning of happen on

Verb

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

  1. to find by chance
    • Yesterday I happened on the solution while we were seeing a movie on the couch; such things just happen along, by sheer happenstance.

Questions about happening on

What is happening on the present participle and gerund of?
Happening on is the present participle and gerund of happen on.

Words near happening on in the dictionary

  1. happenin'
  2. happening
  3. happening across
  4. happening along
  5. happening by
  6. happening on
  7. happening upon
  8. happeningest
  9. happenings
  10. happens
  11. happens across

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Adapted from Wiktionary: happening on (page history and authors); happen on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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