happen
What is the Definition of happen?
Verb:
- come to pass
- happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
- Santayana
- chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
- come into being; become reality
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
How can I use happen in a sentence?
Flint nearly kills the Gryffindor Seeker, which could happen to anyone, I am sure, so a penalty to Gryffindor, taken by Spinner, who puts it away, no trouble, and we continue play, Gryffindor still in possession.
Harry learned that there were seven hundred ways of committing a Quidditch foul and that all of them had happened during a World Cup match in 1473; that Seekers were usually the smallest and fastest players, and that most serious Quidditch accidents seemed to happen to them; that although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert.
A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect astonishing things to happen.
So now they had something else to worry about: what might happen to Hagrid if anyone found out he was hiding an illegal dragon in his hut.
The problem was, strange things often happened around Harry and it was just no good telling the Dursleys he did not make them happen.
Other meanings of happen (synonyms, cognates).
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