happen, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

happen (happens 3rd person present) (happening present participle) (happened past tense & past participle )

1 verb Something that happens occurs or is done without being planned.
We cannot say for sure what will happen... V

2  verb If something happens, it occurs as a result of a situation or course of action.
She wondered what would happen if her parents found her...  V
He trotted to the truck and switched on the ignition. Nothing happened.  V

3 verb When something, especially something unpleasant, happens to you, it takes place and affects you.
If we had been spotted at that point, I don't know what would have happened to us... V to n

4  verb If you happen to do something, you do it by chance. If it happens that something is the case, it occurs by chance.
We happened to discover we had a friend in common...  V to-inf
If it happens that I'm wanted badly somewhere, my mother will take the call and phone through to me here.  it V that

5 You use as it happens in order to introduce a statement, especially one that is rather surprising.
♦ as it happens phrase V inflects, PHR with cl
She called Amy to see if she had any idea of her son's whereabouts. As it happened, Amy had.