[ˈhap(ə)n], (Verb)

Definitions:
- take place; occur
(e.g: two hours had passed and still nothing had happened)

- find or come across by chance
(e.g: I happened on a street with a few modest restaurants)

- be experienced by (someone); befall
(e.g: the same thing happened to me)


Phrases:
- as it happens

Origin:
late Middle English (superseding the verb hap): from the noun hap + -en

[ˈhap(ə)n], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- perhaps; maybe
(e.g: happen I'll go back just for a while)


Phrases:
- as it happens

Origin:
late Middle English (superseding the verb hap): from the noun hap + -en