Main entry: come about, take place, go on, hap, happen, fall out, pass, pass off, occur
Definition: come to pass
Usage: What is happening?; The meeting took place off without an incidence; Nothing occurred that seemed important
Main entry: materialise, materialize, happen
Definition: come into being; become reality
Usage: Her dream really materialized
Main entry: happen, befall, bechance
Definition: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
Usage: It happens that today is my birthday; These things befell (Santayana)
Main entry: bump, chance, find, encounter, happen
Definition: come upon, as if by accident; meet with
Usage: 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
Main entry: happen
Definition: chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
Usage: I happen to have just what you need!