happen

Meanings

• come to pass
  • "What is happening?"
• happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; ; (Santayana)
  • "It happens that today is my birthday"
• chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
  • "I happen to have just what you need!"
• come into being; become reality
• come upon, as if by accident; meet with
  • "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"

Synonyms

bechance, befall, bump, chance, come about, encounter, fall out, find, go on, hap, materialise, materialize, occur, pass, pass off, take place