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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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happen

/ˈhap(ə)n/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈhap(ə)n/

happen

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

hap - pen -> happen

Myanmar meaning

(v) ဖြစ်သည်။ဖြစ်ပေါ်သည်။ဖြစ်ပျက်သည်။ တိုက်ဆိုင်သည်။ကြုံကြိုက်သည်။ဖြစ်နေသည်။

Full entry

happen /'hæpǝn/ v

၁။ ဖြစ်သည်။ ဖြစ်ပေါ်သည်။ ဖြစ်ပျက်သည်။ How did the accident happen? ❍ What happened next? ❍ Whatever happens, don't let me forget to ring Jack. ❍ I'd stay if they promoted me, but I can't see that actually happening.
၂။ တိုက်ဆိုင်သည်။ ကြုံကြိုက်သည်။ ဖြစ်နေသည်။ She happened to be out/ It happened that she was out when he called. He happens to be a friend of mine.
❏ as it happens/ happened [IDM] (used before saying sth surprising) တကယ်တော့။ အမှန်တော့။ We met her only yesterday, as it happens.
❏ happening /'hæpǝnÇŋ/ n (က) (usu pl ) အဖြစ်။ ဖြစ်စဉ်။ အဖြစ်သနစ်။ The book describes the day-to-day happenings of a small country town. ❍ There have been strange happenings here lately. ❍ OCCURRENCE (ခ) ကြုံရာကျပန်း၊ စည်းလွတ်ဝါးလွတ် ပျော်ပွဲ။
❏ happen on sth [PHRV ] (dated ) အမှတ်မထင်တွေ့သည်။ ကံအားလျော်စွာတွေ့သည်။
❏ happen to sb/ sth [PHRV ] (esp with a pronoun as subject) (ဘာ) ဖြစ်သွားသည်။ I hope nothing (ie nothing unpleasant) has happened to them. ❍ What's happened to your car?
❏ it (just) so happens that… [IDM ] အကြောင်းအားလျော် စွာ။ ဖြစ်ချင်တော့။ ‘You haven't got a pair of scissors in your bag, have you?’ ‘Well, it just so happens that I have. ’

More examples

The accident happened at 4.30 pm yesterday.
He seemed to be unaware of what was happening around him.
What happens if I press this button?
[see what happens] : Let’s just wait and see what happens.

Synonyms

occur, come about, take place, ensue, come to pass, go off, go on, turn out, crop up, transpire, materialize, go down, appear, arise, arrive, be found, become a fact, become known, become of, befall, betide, bump, chance, come after, come into being, come into existence, come off, develop, down, eventuate, fall, follow, hit, issue, light, luck, meet, pass, present itself, proceed, recur, result, shake, smoke, spring, stumble, stumble upon, supervene, take effect, turn up, what goes

Antonyms

cease, disappear, fail, halt, lose, precede, stop

Cross references

occur come about take place ensue come to pass go off go on turn out crop up transpire materialize go down appear arise arrive be found become a fact become known become of befall betide bump chance come after come into being come into existence come off develop

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