different between happen vs gooff
happen
English
Etymology
From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijan? (“to fit in, be fitting”). Equivalent to hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) +? -en (verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hæp?n/
- Rhymes: -æp?n
Verb
happen (third-person singular simple present happens, present participle happening, simple past and past participle happened)
- (intransitive) To occur or take place.
- Synonyms: come to pass; see also Thesaurus:happen
- (transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.
- (intransitive or impersonal, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.
- (followed by on or upon) To encounter by chance.
- 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun, ch. 30:
- Unexpectedly, in a nook close by the farmhouse, he happened upon a spot where the vintage had actually commenced.
- 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun, ch. 30:
Usage notes
- In the sense which indicates a chance occurrence, happen is a catenative verb that takes the to-infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
Related terms
- happening
- happenstance
Translations
Adverb
happen (not comparable)
- (obsolete or dialect) maybe, perhaps.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p?(n)/
- Rhymes: -?p?n
Verb
happen
- to take a bite
Inflection
Noun
happen
- Plural form of hap
happen From the web:
- what happened to monday
- what happens when you die
- what happened to elisa lam
- what happened to britney spears
- what happened to drew brees
- what happened at the constitutional convention
- what happened in 1776
- what happens after you die
gooff
gooff From the web:
- what go off means
- what go off
- what's go off the grid
- what's go off on a tangent
- what animal is goofy
- godaddy office 365
- what is go off the beaten track
- what is go off topic
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