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happening
Overview of noun happening
The noun happening has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event -- (an event that happens)
Overview of verb happen
The verb happen has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (150) happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place -- (come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important")
2. (20) happen, befall, bechance -- (happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana))
3. (17) happen -- (chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!")
4. (9) happen, materialize, materialise -- (come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized")
5. find, happen, chance, bump, encounter -- (come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day")
Overview of adj happening
The adj happening has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. happening -- (taking place; "the parade is still happening")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun happening
1 sense of happening
Sense 1
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun happening
1 sense of happening
Sense 1
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence
=> avalanche
=> experience
=> trouble
=> treat
=> miracle
=> wonder, marvel
=> thing
=> episode
=> eventuality, contingency, contingence
=> beginning
=> ending, conclusion, finish
=> one-off
=> periodic event, recurrent event
=> change, alteration, modification
=> error, computer error
=> accident, fortuity, chance event
=> fire
=> incident
=> discharge
=> case, instance, example
=> movement, motion
=> failure
=> success
=> appearance
=> destiny, fate
=> disappearance
=> disappearance
=> contact, impinging, striking
=> finish
=> interruption, break
=> sound
=> union
=> news event
=> flash
=> convergence
=> juncture, occasion
=> outburst, burst, flare-up
=> outbreak, eruption, irruption
=> reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye
=> boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
=> crash, collapse
=> supervention
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun happening
1 sense of happening
Sense 1
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
Antonyms of noun happening
Member Holonyms of noun happening
Substance Holonyms of noun happening
Part Holonyms of noun happening
Member Meronyms of noun happening
Substance Meronyms of noun happening
Part Meronyms of noun happening
Meronyms of noun happening
Holonyms of noun happening
Attributes of noun happening
Derived Forms of noun happening
1 sense of happening
Sense 1
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
RELATED TO>(verb) happen#1
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Domain of noun happening
Domain Terms of noun happening
Familiarity of noun happening
happening used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun happening
1 sense of happening
Sense 1
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
> event
=> act, human action, human activity
=> group action
=> might-have-been
=> nonevent
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> social event
=> miracle
=> migration
=> makeup
HAS INSTANCE=> Fall
=> zap
Meronyms of noun happening
1 sense of happening
Holonyms of noun happening
Grep of noun happening
happening
Antonyms of verb happen
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb happen
5 senses of happen
Sense 1
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sense 2
happen, befall, bechance
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sense 3
happen
=> chance
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sense 4
happen, materialize, materialise
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sense 5
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb happen
2 of 5 senses of happen
Sense 1
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
=> break, recrudesce, develop
=> arise, come up
=> intervene
=> transpire
=> give
=> operate
=> supervene
=> proceed, go
=> come
=> fall
=> anticipate
=> develop
=> recur, repeat
=> go off, come off, go over
=> come around, roll around
=> happen, materialize, materialise
=> happen, befall, bechance
=> befall, bechance, betide
=> concur, coincide
=> backfire, backlash, recoil
=> chance
=> break
=> fall, shine, strike
=> turn out
=> synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise
Sense 4
happen, materialize, materialise
=> appear, come out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb happen
5 senses of happen
Sense 1
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sense 2
happen, befall, bechance
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sense 3
happen
=> chance
Sense 4
happen, materialize, materialise
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sense 5
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
'Cause To' of verb happen
Derived Forms of verb happen
1 of 5 senses of happen
Sense 1
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
RELATED TO>(noun) happening#1
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
Domain of verb happen
Domain Terms of verb happen
Familiarity of verb happen
happen used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb happen
5 senses of happen
Sense 1
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> It ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
happen, befall, bechance
*> Something ----s
Sense 3
happen
*> Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
*> It ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 4
happen, materialize, materialise
*> Something ----s
Sense 5
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb happen
3 of 5 senses of happen
Sense 2
happen, befall, bechance
> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
=> break, recrudesce, develop
=> arise, come up
=> intervene
=> transpire
=> give
=> operate
=> supervene
=> proceed, go
=> come
=> fall
=> anticipate
=> develop
=> recur, repeat
=> go off, come off, go over
=> come around, roll around
=> happen, materialize, materialise
=> happen, befall, bechance
=> befall, bechance, betide
=> concur, coincide
=> backfire, backlash, recoil
=> chance
=> break
=> fall, shine, strike
=> turn out
=> synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise
Sense 3
happen
> chance
=> happen
Sense 4
happen, materialize, materialise
> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
=> break, recrudesce, develop
=> arise, come up
=> intervene
=> transpire
=> give
=> operate
=> supervene
=> proceed, go
=> come
=> fall
=> anticipate
=> develop
=> recur, repeat
=> go off, come off, go over
=> come around, roll around
=> happen, materialize, materialise
=> happen, befall, bechance
=> befall, bechance, betide
=> concur, coincide
=> backfire, backlash, recoil
=> chance
=> break
=> fall, shine, strike
=> turn out
=> synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb happen
Sense 2
happen, befall, bechance
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sense 3
happen
=> chance
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Sense 1
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
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Sense 4
happen, materialize, materialise
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
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Sense 5
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
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Grep of verb happen
happen
happen upon
Antonyms of adj happening
1 sense of happening
Sense 1
happening
INDIRECT (VIA on) -> off, cancelled
Similarity of adj happening
1 sense of happening
Sense 1
happening
=> on (vs. off)
Pertainyms of adj happening
Attributes of adj happening
Domain of adj happening
Domain Terms of adj happening
Familiarity of adj happening
happening used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj happening
happening
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