happening
noun
1 happening
An event that happens.
synonyms: natural event, occurrence, occurrent.
Roget 151:
eventuality,
event,
occurrence,
incident,
affair,
matter,
thing,
episode,
happening,
proceeding,
contingency,
juncture,
experience,
fact;
matter of fact;
naked fact,
bare facts,
just the facts;
phenomenon;
advent.
business,
concern,
transaction,
dealing,
proceeding;
circumstance,
particular,
casualty,
accident,
adventure,
passage,
crisis,
pass,
emergency,
contingency,
consequence;
opportunity
(occasion)
143.
the world,
life,
things,
doings,
affairs in general;
things in general,
affairs in general;
the times,
state of affairs,
order of the day;
course of things,
tide of things,
stream of things,
current of things,
run of things,
march of things,
course of events;
ups and downs of life,
vicissitudes of life;
chapter of accidents
etc.
(chance)
156;
situation
etc.
(circumstances)
8.
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adjective
Roget 151:
happening
etc.
v.;
going on,
doing,
current;
in the wind,
in the air,
afloat;
on foot,
afoot,
on the tapis†;
at issue,
in question;
incidental.
eventful,
stirring,
bustling,
full of incident;
memorable,
momentous,
signal.
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