Meaning

1 senses
  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.

Examples

144 sentences
  1. What's supposed to happen on Monday?

    Що має трапитися у понеділок? — shanghainese

    ruЧто должно произойти в понедельник? — odexed

  2. The accident happened on Sunday at about 3:00.

    Аварія сталася у неділю, о третій годині. — deniko

    deDer Unfall ereignete sich am Sonntag um circa 3 Uhr. — Roujin

  3. It happened on the twentieth of October.

    Це трапилося двадцятого жовтня. — miketheknight

    ruЭто случилось двадцатого октября. — odexed

    deDas ist am 20. Oktober passiert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. What happened on October 20th?

    Що сталося двадцятого жовтня? — miketheknight

    ruЧто случилось 20 октября? — Wezel

    deWas geschah am 20. Oktober? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. That happened on October 20th.

    Це трапилося двадцятого жовтня. — miketheknight

    ruЭто случилось двадцатого октября. — odexed

    deDas ist am 20. Oktober passiert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Forms

happens on, happening on, happened on, happened on
Base formhappen on · to happen on
3rd person singularhappens on
Present participlehappening on
Past simplehappened on
Past participlehappened on

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhappen on
he, she, ithappens on

Past simpleLesson

all personshappened on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave happened on
he, she, ithas happened on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill happen on

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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