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happening::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | natural event, occurrence, occurrent |
| Type of | event |
| Has types | accompaniment, alteration, appearance, attendant, avalanche, beginning, black eye, blow, bonanza, boom, break, bunce, burst, case, chance event, change, co-occurrence, collapse, computer error, conclusion, concomitant, contact, contingence, contingency, convergence, crash, destiny, disappearance, discharge, ending, episode, error, eruption, eventuality, example, experience, failure, fate, finish, fire, flare-up, flash, fortuity, godsend, gold rush, gravy, impinging, incident, instance, interruption, irruption, juncture, manna from heaven, marvel, miracle, modification, motion, movement, news event, occasion, one-off, outbreak, outburst, periodic event, recurrent event, reversal, reverse, setback, sound, striking, stroke, success, supervention, thing, treat, trouble, union, windfall, accident, wonder |
| Derivation | happen |
Examples of happening
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That this show is happening, the story behind it, is just crazy, says Joe Barna.
From the timesunion.com
Do you know why this is happening and how long the slowdown is expected to last?
From the washingtonpost.com
This being the information age, Deck blogged about the trip as it was happening.
From the kansas.com
What's happening in Louisiana is not the same thing that's happening in Florida.
From the abcnews.go.com
Even without a festival, many interesting book events are happening this season.
From the stltoday.com
It talks to the changes I see happening in B2B industries and what CEOs tell me.
From the forbes.com
I can't see that happening and there will be more trouble before it smooths out.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The greatest threat to our economic future is what is happening in the eurozone.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
This time I know what's happening and I want to enjoy it and take everything in.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- An event that happens
- (happen) come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
- Happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)
- (happen) chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!"
- (happen) come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"
- (happen) find: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
- A happening is a performance, event or situation meant to be considered as an art, usually as performance art. ...
- The Happening is a 1967 American comedy film starring Anthony Quinn, Michael Parks, George Maharis, Faye Dunaway, Robert Walker Jr. that was released in March 1967 by Columbia Pictures.
- The Happening is the soundtrack for the 1967 comedy film The Happening, released by Columbia Pictures. The soundtrack and film score were primarily produced by Frank De Vol. ...
