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{ "term": "happen", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "happen", "heSheIt": "happens" }, "pastSimple": "happened", "pastParticiple": "happened", "ingForm": "happening" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to take place, especially without being planned", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "You'll never guess what's happened!" }, { "text": "**Accidents** like this **happen** all the time." }, { "text": "The most recent **incident happened** only a week ago." }, { "text": "The government has denied that the **events** ever **happened**." }, { "text": "Change doesn't happen overnight." }, { "text": "You have to make **things happen**." }, { "text": "Let's see what happens next week." }, { "text": "I'll be there **whatever happens**." }, { "text": "**No matter what happens**, he's going to pay for what he's done." }, { "text": "Is this really happening or is it a dream?" }, { "text": "This would never happen in real life." }, { "text": "I don't know how this happened." }, { "text": "I try to keep up with **what is happening in the world**." }, { "text": "I don't remember learning to swim, it just happened." }, { "text": "Mistakes are bound to happen sometimes." }, { "text": "She couldn't quite believe that all this was actually happening to her." }, { "text": "Sometimes fun activities just happen spontaneously; at other times they take careful planning." }, { "text": "You have to make things happen if you want them to happen." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["actually", "really", "just"], "verb + happen": ["be going to", "be likely to", "be bound to"], "preposition": ["to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to take place as the result of something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She pressed the button but **nothing happened**." }, { "text": "**What happens if** nobody comes to the party?" }, { "text": "Just plug it in and **see what happens**." } ], "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["actually", "really", "just"], "verb + happen": ["be going to", "be likely to", "be bound to"], "preposition": ["to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to do or be something by chance", "sensetop": "happen to be/do somethingit happens that…", "examples": [ { "text": "She happened to be out when we called." }, { "text": "You don't happen to know his name, do you?" }, { "text": "This happens to be my favourite restaurant." }, { "text": "The door happened to be unlocked." }, { "text": "It happened that she was out when we called.", "contextForm": "it happens that…" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "used to tell somebody something, especially when you are disagreeing with them or annoyed by what they have said", "sensetop": "happen to be/do something", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "That happens to be my mother you're talking about!" } ], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a thing or person that is very likely to cause danger or a problem in the future because of the condition it is in or the way they behave", "examples": [ { "text": "Any one of these nuclear plants may be a disaster waiting to happen." } ], "topics": ["Danger"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "people say accidents will happen to tell somebody who has had an accident, for example breaking something, that it does not matter and they should not worry", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that it is not possible to know what the result of something will be", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used when you say something that is surprising, or something connected with what somebody else has just said", "examples": [ { "text": "I agree with you, as it happens." }, { "text": "As it happens, I have a spare set of keys in my office." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "if something happens", "examples": [ { "text": "In the event of an accident, call this number." }, { "text": "Sheila will inherit everything in the event of his death." }, { "text": "In the unlikely event of a crash, please remain calm." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "by chance", "examples": [ { "text": "It just so happened they'd been invited too." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to express the idea that we must accept that bad things often happen without reason", "labels": "(taboo, slang)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to tell somebody not to worry about something they have done", "examples": [ { "text": "‘Sorry—I've broken a glass.’ ‘Never mind. These things happen.’" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈhæpən/", "audio": "ha/happen/happen__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈhæpənz/", "audio": "ha/happen/happens__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈhæpənd/", "audio": "ha/happen/happened__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈhæpənɪŋ/", "audio": "ha/happen/happening__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈhæpən/", "audio": "ha/happen/happen__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈhæpənz/", "audio": "ha/happen/happens__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈhæpənd/", "audio": "ha/happen/happened__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈhæpənɪŋ/", "audio": "ha/happen/happening__us_1_rr.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (superseding the verb hap): from the noun hap ‘chance’ + -en." }