happen
US: /ˈhæpən/
UK: /hˈæpən/
UK: /hˈæpən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
happen /'hæpən/
- nội động từ
- xảy đến, xảy ra; ngẫu nhiên xảy ra, tình cờ xảy ra
- it happened last night: câu chuyện xảy ra đêm qua
- tình cờ, ngẫu nhiên
- I happened to mention it: tình cờ tôi nói đến điều đó
- (+ upon) tình cờ gặp, ngẫu nhiên gặp; ngẫu nhiên thấy
- to happen upon someone: tình cờ gặp ai
- as it happens
- ngẫu nhiên mà, tình cờ mà
- if anything should happen to me
- nếu tôi có mệnh hệ nào
- xảy đến, xảy ra; ngẫu nhiên xảy ra, tình cờ xảy ra
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
1 [V] to take place, especially without being planned: You'll never guess what's happened! + Accidents like this happen all the time. + Let's see what happens next week. + I'll be there whatever happens. + Is this really happening or is it a dream? + I don't know how this happened.
2 [V] to take place as the result of sth: She pressed the button but nothing happened. + What happens if nobody comes to the party? + Just plug it in and see what happens.
3 to do or be sth by chance: [V to inf] She happened to be out when we called. + You don't happen to know his name, do you? + This happens to be my favourite restaurant. + The door happened to be unlocked. + [V that] It happened that she was out when we called.
4 [V to inf] used to tell sb sth, especially when you are disagreeing with them or annoyed by what they have said: That happens to be my mother you're talking about!
Idioms: anything can / might happen used to say that it is not possible to know what the result of sth will be
as it happens / happened used when you say sth that is surprising, or sth connected with what sb else has just said: I agree with you, as it happens. + As it happens, I have a spare set of keys in my office.
it (just) so happens that ... by chance: It just so happened they'd been invited too.
these things happen used to tell sb not to worry about sth they have done: 'Sorry-I've spilt some wine.' 'Never mind. These things happen.'
more at ACCIDENT, EVENT, WAIT v.
Phrasal Verbs: happen on sth (old-fashioned) to find sth by chance
happen to sb/sth to have an effect on sb/sth: I hope nothing (= nothing unpleasant) has happened to them. + It's the best thing that has ever happened to me. + What's happened to your car? + Do you know what happened to Gill Lovecy (= have you any news about her)?
WHICH WORD?
happen / occur / take place
Happen is the usual word that you use to refer to events that are not planned or expected: You look terrible - what's happened? The word is also used to talk about one event resulting from another:
What happened when you told him the news?
Occur meaning 'happen' is used only in formal situations: Police report that the accident occurred at about 9.30 p.m.
Take place is also quite formal and is usually used to talk about an event that has been planned or arranged or when people take an active part in sth: The festival takes place in July every year. + Filming took place in Ireland. In informal language you would probably say:
The festival is in July every year. + The movie was filmed in Ireland.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 occur, take place, come about, go on, come to pass, develop; betide, chance, prove, materialize, Colloq transpire, come off, Slang cook:
What is happening? As it happens, everyone has already left.
2 befall, become of:
What will happen to me if I refuse?
3 happen on or upon. come upon, chance or hit on or upon, stumble on or upon, find, turn up, encounter, meet with:
It was then that I happened on an old letter of his.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
actually, really
She couldn't quite believe that all this was actually happening to her.
| just
I don't remember learning to swim, it just happened.
| spontaneously
Sometimes fun activities just happen spontaneously; at other times they take careful planning.
| overnight
Change doesn't happen overnight.
VERB + HAPPEN
be going to
They could only wait and see what was going to happen.
| be likely to | be bound to
Mistakes are bound to happen sometimes.
| tend to
What tends to happen is that students spend the first week of the course in a blind panic, but settle down by the second or third week.
| want sth to | make sth
You have to make things happen if you want them to happen.
| let sth
Don't just sit back and let it happen.
PREP.
to
She didn't know what was happening to her.
Concise English dictionary
happens|happened|happening'hæpən
verb
+come to pass
+happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
+chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
+come into being; become reality
+come upon, as if by accident; meet with
