Meaning

1 senses

  1. A happening; occurrence; chance; event.

Origin

From Middle English bifallinge, equivalent to befall + -ing. Cognate with Dutch bevalling

From Middle English bifallinge, equivalent to befall + -ing. Cognate with Dutch bevalling (“delivery, labour”), Swedish befallning (“command, behest, charge”).

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Forms

plural: befallings
Singularbefalling
Pluralbefallings

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
affairA2episodeA2instanceB1eventA1incidentB1occasionB1accidentA2chanceA2goings-onhappeninghapoccurrenceproceedingcontingency

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beetrootbefallbefitbeforeA1

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