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happen
verb [I] (HAVE EXISTENCE) /ˈhæp·ən/Definition
› (of a situation or event) to come into existence; occur: If you want to know what is happening in the world, you have to read the newspapers. No one knows exactly what happened, but several people have been hurt. › If a situation or event happens to someone or something, it has an effect on that person or thing: What happened to Phil? I thought he would be here by now.
(Definition of happen verb (HAVE EXISTENCE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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