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happening

[ hap-uh-ning ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

something that happens; occurrence; event.
Synonyms: case, affair, instance, episode, incident
an unconventional dramatic or artistically orchestrated performance, often a series of discontinuous events involving audience participation.
any event considered worthwhile, unusual, or interesting.

happening

/ ˈhæpənɪŋ; ˈhæpnɪŋ /

an occurrence; event
an improvised or spontaneous display or performance consisting of bizarre and haphazard events

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First recorded in 1545–55; 1965–70 happening fordef 2; happen + -ing ¹

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In this war, the targeting is often happening on computer monitors thousands of miles away, capturing images from drones.

And that may well be what is happening in the Barnett Shale region around, yes, Dallas and Irving.

Make no mistake: The technology exists—has existed for a long while—to stop this from happening.

“When Tanveer realized what was happening, he jumped out of the truck, but the Iranians shot him,” Abdullah says.

Just being able to be in the loop when something is happening, it just works.

This will often save the foliage from drying up, a happening which makes the plants rather unsightly.

I want to see the sort of thing happening to schools that has already happened to many sorts of retail shops.

Happening to cast his eyes that way, he saw a light where he had never seen one before—in the little unused chapel.

Happening to walk down the Rue Saint Honoré, he had come upon tragedy.

An estate upon condition is one which depends upon the happening or not happening of some uncertain event.

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