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"word": "accidents will happen"
},
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"word": "accidents will happen in the best regulated families"
},
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"word": "accident waiting to happen"
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"word": "as it happens"
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"word": "couldn't happen to a nicer"
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"word": "disaster waiting to happen"
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"word": "happen across"
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"word": "happen along"
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"word": "happener"
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"word": "happeningly"
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"word": "happen on"
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"word": "if it happens, it happens"
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"word": "it so happens"
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"word": "make fetch happen"
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"word": "make happen"
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"word": "or it didn't happen"
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"word": "pics or it didn't happen"
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"word": "pictures or it didn't happen"
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"word": "shit happens"
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{
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"word": "these things happen"
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"word": "waiting to happen"
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"word": "what's happening"
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"word": "worse things happen at sea"
}
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"2": "enm",
"3": "happenen"
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"expansion": "Middle English happenen",
"name": "inh"
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{
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"t": "to come to pass, happen"
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"expansion": "Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”)",
"name": "der"
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"t": "to move accidentally, slip"
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"2": "gem-pro",
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"t": "to fit in, be fitting"
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"t1": "a chance, occurrence, byfall"
},
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}
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“to fit in, be fitting”). Equivalent to hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) + -en (verbal suffix).",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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"participle",
"present"
]
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"past"
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"word": "exist"
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"word": "coincide"
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"word": "ensue"
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"word": "happenstance"
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"word": "come into being"
}
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"text": "Let me tell you how it happened.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21",
"text": "Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To occur or take place."
],
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[
"occur",
"occur"
],
[
"take place",
"take place"
]
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"(intransitive) To occur or take place."
],
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"word": "come to pass"
},
{
"word": "happen"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "aangaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ndodh"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥadaṯa",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "حَدَثَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jarā",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "جَرَى"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥaṣala",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "حَصَلَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waqaʕa",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "وَقَعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥaṣal",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "حصل"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣār",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "صار"
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{
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"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥaṣal",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
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"word": "حصل"
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"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "uqəʕ",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "وقع"
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{
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"code": "arc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"roman": "hwy",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "הוי"
},
{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "patahel",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "պատահել"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "ghota",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ঘটা"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "vaqe olmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "olmaq"
},
{
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "bulıw",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "булыу"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "gertatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "bururatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zdarácca",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "здара́цца"
},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zdárycca",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зда́рыцца"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "adbyvácca",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "адбыва́цца"
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"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "adbýcca",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "адбы́цца"
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"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "trapljácca",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "трапля́цца"
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{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "trápicca",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "тра́піцца"
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ghoṭa",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ঘটা"
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"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slúčvam se",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "слу́чвам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stávam",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "ста́вам"
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{
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hprac",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ဖြစ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "passar"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ocórrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "succeir"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "nigalisdiha",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "發生"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "yue",
"english": "faat³ sang¹",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "发生"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "發生"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāshēng",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "发生"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "stát se"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dít se"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dějít se"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ske"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "hænde"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "indtræffe"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "forefalde"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "gebeuren"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "okazi"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "juhtuma"
},
{
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "toimuma"
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{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "henda"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "gerast"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "tapahtua"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "käydä"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "sattua"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "arriver"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "se produire"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "se passer"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "advenir"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "suceder"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "pasar"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ocorrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "acontecer"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "avir"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "adergar"
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{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "callar"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "acaescer"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sdn",
"lang": "Gallurese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "avviné"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "moxdoma",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "მოხდომა"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "geschehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "passieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "stattfinden"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "vorfallen"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German"
],
"word": "passiere"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "symvaíno",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "συμβαίνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gínomai",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "γίνομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tychaíno",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "τυχαίνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lachaíno",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "λαχαίνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tyncháno",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "τυγχάνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diadramatízomai",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "διαδραματίζομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "simeiónomai",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "σημειώνομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "tunkhánō",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "τυγχάνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "sumphérō",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "συμφέρω"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kará",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "קָרָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "halákh",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "הָלַךְ"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bītnā",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "बीतना"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "történik"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "megtörténik"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "megesik"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "bera við"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "henda"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "verða"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "vilja til"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "gerast"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "eventar"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "tapahtua"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "tarlaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ad·cumaing"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "do·ecmaing"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "for·cumaing"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "accadere"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "succedere"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "occorrere"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"alt": "おこる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "okoru",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "起こる"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"alt": "おこる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "okoru",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "起る"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "bolu",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "болу"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaət laəng",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "កើតឡើង"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaət",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "កើត"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ireonada",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "일어나다"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "balsaenghada",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "발생하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "boluu",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "болуу"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "afitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "bang kœ̄t",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ບັງເກີດ"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kœ̄t",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ເກີດ"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pen",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ເປັນ"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "fiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "accidō"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "contingo"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "evenio"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "cado"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "intercido"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "eo"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "notik"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "atsitikti"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "vykti"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "įvykti"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "esihole"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se slučuva",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "се случува"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se sluči",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "се случи"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "uhidjiri"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "gun",
"lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "iko"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bolox",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "болох"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "toxioldox",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "тохиолдох"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"note": "+ direct object",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "uhundra"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "pcm",
"lang": "Nigerian Pidgin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "happun"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "foregå"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "inntreffe"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "skje"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ġelimpan"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "weorþan"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ġebyrian"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "otk",
"lang": "Old Turkic",
"roman": "bol-",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "𐰉𐰆𐰞"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ruy dâdan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "روی دادن"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ettefâq oftâdan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "اتفاق افتادن"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vâqe' šodan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "واقع شدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pišâmad kardan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "پیشامد کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zdarzać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zdarzyć się"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wydarzać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wydarzyć się"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dziać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "stać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "trafiać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "trafić się"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "acontecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "suceder"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ocorrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "tukuy"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "cadér"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "întâmpla"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "petrece"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proisxodítʹ",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "происходи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proizojtí",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "произойти́"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slučátʹsja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "случа́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slučítʹsja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "случи́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sostojátʹsja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "состоя́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "accadésseri"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "sutzediri"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "sutzèdere"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "accadí"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "tachair"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "turchair"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "tàrlaidh"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "догодити се"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "десити се"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "dogoditi se"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "desiti se"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sei",
"lang": "Seri",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "aaha"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "stať sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "udiať sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zgodíti se"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "suceder"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ocurrir"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "pasar"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "kutukia"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "kutokea"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "hända"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ske"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "inträffa"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "äga rum"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "förekomma"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "mangyari"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "rüy dodan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "рӯй додан"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "voqeʾ šudan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "воқеъ шудан"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ittifoq aftodan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "иттифоқ афтодан"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "āku",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ஆகு"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "naṭa",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "நட"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gə̀ət",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "เกิด"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "byung",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "བྱུང"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "olmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "yer bulmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "meydana gelmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "bolmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stavátysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "става́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "státysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ста́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "trapljátysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "трапля́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "trápytysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "тра́питися"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidbuvátysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відбува́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidbútysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відбу́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čynýtysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чини́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "učynýtysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "учини́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 13 26 3 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zčynýtysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:happen",
"word": "transpire"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "aangaan"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ndodh"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥadaṯa",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "حَدَثَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jarā",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "جَرَى"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥaṣala",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "حَصَلَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waqaʕa",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "وَقَعَ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥaṣal",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "حصل"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣār",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "صار"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥaṣal",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "حصل"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "uqəʕ",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "وقع"
},
{
"code": "arc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"roman": "hwy",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "הוי"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "patahel",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "պատահել"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "ghota",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ঘটা"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "vaqe olmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "olmaq"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "bulıw",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "булыу"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "gertatu"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "bururatu"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zdarácca",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "здара́цца"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zdárycca",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зда́рыцца"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "adbyvácca",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "адбыва́цца"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "adbýcca",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "адбы́цца"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "trapljácca",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "трапля́цца"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "trápicca",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "тра́піцца"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ghoṭa",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ঘটা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slúčvam se",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "слу́чвам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stávam",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ста́вам"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hprac",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ဖြစ်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "passar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ocórrer"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "succeir"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "nigalisdiha",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "發生"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"english": "faat³ sang¹",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "发生"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "發生"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāshēng",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "发生"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "stát se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dít se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dějít se"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ske"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "hænde"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "indtræffe"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "forefalde"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "gebeuren"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "okazi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "juhtuma"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "toimuma"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "henda"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "gerast"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "tapahtua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "käydä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "sattua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "arriver"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "se produire"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "se passer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "advenir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "suceder"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "pasar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ocorrer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "acontecer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "avir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "adergar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "callar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "acaescer"
},
{
"code": "sdn",
"lang": "Gallurese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "avviné"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "moxdoma",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "მოხდომა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "geschehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "passieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "stattfinden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "vorfallen"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German"
],
"word": "passiere"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "symvaíno",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "συμβαίνω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gínomai",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "γίνομαι"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tychaíno",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "τυχαίνω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lachaíno",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "λαχαίνω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tyncháno",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "τυγχάνω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diadramatízomai",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "διαδραματίζομαι"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "simeiónomai",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "σημειώνομαι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "tunkhánō",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "τυγχάνω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "sumphérō",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "συμφέρω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kará",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "קָרָה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "halákh",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "הָלַךְ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bītnā",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "बीतना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "történik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "megtörténik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "megesik"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "bera við"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "henda"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "verða"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "vilja til"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "gerast"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "eventar"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "tapahtua"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "tarlaigh"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ad·cumaing"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "do·ecmaing"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "for·cumaing"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "accadere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "succedere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "occorrere"
},
{
"alt": "おこる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "okoru",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "起こる"
},
{
"alt": "おこる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "okoru",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "起る"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "bolu",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "болу"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaət laəng",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "កើតឡើង"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaət",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "កើត"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ireonada",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "일어나다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "balsaenghada",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "발생하다"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "boluu",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "болуу"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "afitar"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "bang kœ̄t",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ບັງເກີດ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kœ̄t",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ເກີດ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pen",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ເປັນ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "fiō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "accidō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "contingo"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "evenio"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "cado"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "intercido"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "eo"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "notik"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "atsitikti"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "vykti"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "įvykti"
},
{
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "esihole"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se slučuva",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "се случува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se sluči",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "се случи"
},
{
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "uhidjiri"
},
{
"code": "gun",
"lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "iko"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bolox",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "болох"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "toxioldox",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "тохиолдох"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"note": "+ direct object",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "uhundra"
},
{
"code": "pcm",
"lang": "Nigerian Pidgin",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "happun"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "foregå"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "inntreffe"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "skje"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ġelimpan"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "weorþan"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ġebyrian"
},
{
"code": "otk",
"lang": "Old Turkic",
"roman": "bol-",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "𐰉𐰆𐰞"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ruy dâdan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "روی دادن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ettefâq oftâdan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "اتفاق افتادن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vâqe' šodan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "واقع شدن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pišâmad kardan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "پیشامد کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zdarzać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zdarzyć się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wydarzać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wydarzyć się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dziać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "stać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "trafiać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "trafić się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "acontecer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "suceder"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ocorrer"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "tukuy"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "cadér"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "întâmpla"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "petrece"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proisxodítʹ",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "происходи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proizojtí",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "произойти́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slučátʹsja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "случа́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slučítʹsja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "случи́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sostojátʹsja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "состоя́ться"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "accadésseri"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "sutzediri"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "sutzèdere"
},
{
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "accadí"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "tachair"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "turchair"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "tàrlaidh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "догодити се"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "десити се"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "dogoditi se"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "desiti se"
},
{
"code": "sei",
"lang": "Seri",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "aaha"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "stať sa"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "udiať sa"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zgodíti se"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "suceder"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ocurrir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "pasar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "kutukia"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "kutokea"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "hända"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ske"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "inträffa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "äga rum"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "förekomma"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "mangyari"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "rüy dodan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "рӯй додан"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "voqeʾ šudan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "воқеъ шудан"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ittifoq aftodan",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "иттифоқ афтодан"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "āku",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ஆகு"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "naṭa",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "நட"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gə̀ət",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "เกิด"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "byung",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "བྱུང"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "olmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "yer bulmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "meydana gelmek"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "bolmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stavátysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "става́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "státysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ста́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "trapljátysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "трапля́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "trápytysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "тра́питися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidbuvátysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відбува́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidbútysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відбу́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čynýtysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чини́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "učynýtysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "учини́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zčynýtysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зчини́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "robýtysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "роби́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zrobýtysja",
"sense": "to occur",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зроби́тися"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "bītnā",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "بیتنا"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "honā",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ہونا"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "yüz bermek",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "يۈز بەرمەك"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "boʻlmoq"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "voqe boʻlmoq"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "yuz bermoq"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "xảy ra"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "xảy đến"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "jenön"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "ariver"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "sorvini"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "si passer"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "geshen",
"sense": "to occur",
"word": "געשען"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to occur by chance, unexpectedly",
"word": "sattua"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "used with a verb",
"sense": "to occur by chance, unexpectedly",
"word": "przypadkiem"
}
],
"word": "happen"
}
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"Rhymes:English/æpən",
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"3": "happenen"
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"expansion": "Middle English happenen",
"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "hapnen"
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "enm",
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"t": "to come to pass, happen"
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "ang",
"3": "hæppan",
"t": "to move accidentally, slip"
},
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "*happa"
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"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "*heppa"
},
"expansion": "*heppa",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hampijaną",
"t": "to fit in, be fitting"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“to fit in, be fitting”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "hap",
"3": "-en",
"id2": "inchoative",
"pos2": "verbal suffix",
"t1": "a chance, occurrence, byfall"
},
"expansion": "hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) + -en (verbal suffix)",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“to fit in, be fitting”). Equivalent to hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) + -en (verbal suffix).",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2016, Sally Wainwright, Happy Valley, spoken by Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire), Manchester: Red Production Company; distributed by BBC Studios, published 2016",
"text": "Yeah, well happen if he'd gone quietly, she wouldn't have needed to show him who's in charge.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"maybe, perhaps."
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"links": [
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"(obsolete or dialect) maybe, perhaps."
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"tags": [
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{
"ipa": "/ˈhæpən/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æpən"
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"audio": "en-us-happen.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/En-us-happen.ogg/En-us-happen.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/En-us-happen.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "happen"
}
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