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Happened

/ˈhæpənd/

To occur or take place.

📖 Definitions of "Happened"

verb

1
To occur or take place.
"Let me tell you how it happened."
2
To happen to; to befall.
3
(with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.
"Do you happen to have an umbrella?"
4
(followed by on or upon) To encounter by chance.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
hapverb	(intransitive, literary) To happen; to befall; to chance.
bechanceverb	(intransitive) To happen; chance.
occurverb	(intransitive) To happen or take place.
take placeverb	(intransitive) To happen or to occur.
findverb	(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
come aboutverb	(intransitive) To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.
go onverb	(intransitive) To continue an action.
chanceverb	To try or risk.
pass offverb	(intransitive) To happen.
encounterverb	(transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
passverb	To change place.
materializeverb	(intransitive) To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.
befallverb	(intransitive) To happen.
bumpverb	To knock against or run into with a jolt.
hitverb	(heading, physical) To strike.
accidentnoun	An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
achievedverb	(of a goal or status) Having been reached, attained or accomplished.
arisenverb	(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
aroseverb	(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
arrivedverb	(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.