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happening Definition

hap·pen·ing (hapən iŋ; informally hapniŋ)

noun

  1. something that happens; occurrence; incident; event
    1. a theatrical performance of unrelated and bizarre or ludicrous actions, often spontaneous and with some participation by the audience
    2. any event regarded as important, entertaining, newsworthy, etc.

happening Synonyms

happening

n.

incident, affair, accident; see event 1.

happening Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • event: That is, it springs up upon the happenings of a specific event chosen by the Power of Attorney.

Converse of object

  • prohibit: Ideally invested to own a machine prohibit something happening.
  • prevent: To prevent this happening we will be blocking SMTP port 25 outgoing on the external Firewall from 7 March 2006.
  • stop: You can stop this happening at any time by using the contact us page.
  • imagine: Can you imagine this happening in any typical " hotel room " ?
  • avoid: To avoid this happening in the UK it seems sensible to have an army.
  • see: We can see this happening with several moral issues at the moment.

Adjective modifier

  • untoward: Adrienne said, " Simply doing a risk assessment can prevent something untoward happening.
  • ghostly: A blind boy goes to the Welsh coast for a holiday with his mother and discovers ghostly happenings at a local derelict mansion.
  • strange: The sisters had grown up with these strange happenings.
  • spooky: There have been many spooky happenings at his house, which is situated a couple of miles outside of Gloucester City.
  • haunted: Would you like the opportunity to experience our haunted happenings?
  • unexplained: The Ouija Board - Occasionally we hear about unexplained happenings in the past.

Preposition: by

  • chance: The odds against this happening by chance are a million to one.

Noun used with modifier

  • something: There is almost never not an event, something happening, all the time, in every film.
  • nothing: Apart from the bloody war, there's nothing happening!
  • anything: The nearest thing to anything happening is two trains crossing on Charing Cross Railroad Bridge.
  • accident: Near the end of the races, when people are blowing out their ass, before long I can see a nasty accident happening!
  • stuff: All the passions of your apparent life are just stuff happening.
  • chance: In countless other worlds, with countless other chance happenings, countless other species could evolve.

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