happen

How to sign: come upon, as if by accident; meet with
"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";

Similiar / Same: find, bump, encounter, chance

happen

How to sign: come to pass
"What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important";

Similiar / Same: hap, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass

Within this category: anticipate, arise, befall, break, break, chance, come, come around, concur, develop, fall, fall, give, go off, happen, happen, intervene, operate, proceed, recur, supervene, synchronize, transpire, turn out

happen

How to sign: come into being; become reality
"Her dream really materialized";

Similiar / Same: materialize, materialise

Categories: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place

Within this category: appear