Dec 5, 2015 · The meaning of HAPPEN is to occur by chance —often used with it. How to use happen in a sentence.

If a situation or event happens to someone or something, it has an effect on that person or thing:

1. to take place; come to pass; occur. 2. to come to pass by chance; occur without apparent reason or design. 3. to have the fortune or lot (to do or be as specified); chance: I happened to see him on the …

When something happens, it occurs or is done without being planned. Tell me what happened.

as it happens/happened used when you say something that is surprising, or something connected with what somebody else has just said I agree with you, as it happens. As it happens, I have a spare set …

5 days ago · happen (third-person singular simple present happens, present participle happening, simple past and past participle happened) Let me tell you how it happened.

Happen, chance, occur refer to the taking place of an event. Happen, which originally denoted the taking place by hap or chance, is now the most general word for coming to pass: Something has happened. …