happen

verb · adverbA1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

happens

V_ing/Gerund

happening

V_ed/pp

happened

1.
(intransitive)To occur or take place.
Let me tell you how it happened.
Đồng nghĩa: come to pass
2.
(archaic, transitive)To happen to; to befall.
3.
(impersonal, intransitive, with infinitive)(intransitive or impersonal, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.
Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain.
Do you happen to have an umbrella?
If you should (happen to) need any help, I'll be there.
It happened that a police car was passing my house just at that moment.
4.
(followed by on or upon) To encounter by chance.
5.
(informal)To become popular or trendy.

Trạng từ

adverb

1.
(dialectal, not comparable, obsolete)(obsolete or dialect) maybe, perhaps.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

come to pass

Cùng gốc / liên quan

accidents will happenaccidents will happen in the best regulated familiesaccident waiting to happenas it happensbehappencouldn't happen to a nicerdisaster waiting to happenhappenablehappen acrosshappen alonghappen byhappenchancehappenerhappeninglyhappen onhappen uponif it happens, it happensit so happensmake fetch happenmake happen

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (to come to pass, happen), perhaps from Old English hæppan (to move accidentally, slip) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (to fit in, be fitting). Equivalent to hap + -en.