happening
noun
[ ˈhap(ə)nɪŋ ]
• an event or occurrence.
• "altogether it was an eerie happening"
Similar:
occurrence,
event,
incident,
scene,
affair,
circumstance,
phenomenon,
episode,
adventure,
experience,
occasion,
action,
activity,
development,
eventuality,
accident,
case,
business,
thing,
• a partly improvised or spontaneous piece of theatrical or other artistic performance, typically involving audience participation.
• "a multimedia happening"
happening
adjective
• fashionable; trendy.
• "a happening neighbourhood"
Similar:
fashionable,
modern,
popular,
new,
latest,
up to date,
up to the minute,
in fashion,
in vogue,
de rigueur,
le dernier cri,
trendy,
funky,
hot,
cool,
with it,
hip,
in,
big,
now,
groovy,
sharp,
swinging,
kicky,
tony,
fly,
down,
happen
verb
• take place; occur.
• "two hours had passed and still nothing had happened"
Similar:
occur,
take place,
come about,
come off,
come into being,
ensue,
result,
transpire,
materialize,
arise,
be,
crop up,
come up,
fall out,
pan out,
turn out,
follow,
develop,
emerge,
surface,
present itself,
supervene,
go down,
come to pass,
betide,
chance,
eventuate,
hap,
• find or come across by chance.
• "I happened on a street with a few modest restaurants"
• be experienced by (someone); befall.
• "the same thing happened to me"
Origin:
late Middle English (superseding the verb hap ): from the noun hap1 + -en1.
