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Translation of happen – English–Vietnamese dictionary

happen

 verb  /ˈhӕpən/ Add to word list Add to word list ● to take place or occur; to occur by chance xảy ra What happened next? It just so happens / As it happens, I have the key in my pocket. ● (usually with to) to be done to (a person, thing etc) cái gì đã xảy ra với người/vật She’s late – something must have happened to her. ● to do or be by chance tình cờ I happened to find him He happens to be my friend.

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(Translation of happen from the PASSWORD English-Vietnamese Dictionary © 2015 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of happen

happen A key question, therefore, is just what happens to language learning as we get older. From the Cambridge English Corpus When this happened, the experimenter read the nonword aloud again. From the Cambridge English Corpus Because ageing is concerned with what happens in time, we are impressed with not only the multi-dimensional nature of time, but also with its complexity. From the Cambridge English Corpus Baggage inspections happened at the foot of the platform, the only exit, where it joined the main reception area. From the Cambridge English Corpus Such a situation happens when physical phenomena affect each other from a distance, as in the cases of electromagnetic field and heat transfer effects. From the Cambridge English Corpus Under this view, changes emerge as children are exposed to different triggering experiences and that happens through social change of some kind. From the Cambridge English Corpus Therefore, everything that has happened since the original experience determines the result of memory construction. From the Cambridge English Corpus Liberalisation happened only very gradually, and with conscious trade-offs. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. A2,A2,C1

Translations of happen

in Chinese (Traditional) 存在, 發生, 偶然… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 存在, 发生, 偶然… See more in Spanish ocurrir, suceder, pasar… See more in Portuguese acontecer… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Polish in Korean in Italian घडणे, योगायोगाने होणे… See more （問題などが）起こる, （結果として）生じる, 起こる… See more meydana gelmek, olmak, vuku bulmak… See more arriver, se passer, arriver à… See more passar… See more (toevallig) gebeuren, plaatsvinden, gebeuren met of aan… See more (ஒரு சூழ்நிலை அல்லது ஒரு நிகழ்வு) இருத்தல் அல்லது நடைமுறைக்கு வருதல், தற்செயலாக செய்தல்அல்லது இருத்தல்… See more (किसी स्थिति या घटना का) होना, अस्तित्व में होना या अस्तित्व में आना, (बिना किसी योजना के) कुछ करना या होना… See more બનવું, ઘટવું, યોગાનુયોગ… See more ske, tilfældigvis være… See more hända, ske, falla sig… See more kebetulan, terjadi… See more geschehen, passieren, zufällig geschehen… See more hende, skje, finne sted… See more ہونا, اتفاق سے کچھ ہونا یا کرنا… See more відбуватися, ставатися, траплятися… See more జరగటం, అనుకోకుండా ఉండు, లేదా చేయు… See more অস্তিত্ব থাকা বা অস্তিত্বে আসা, হঠাৎ কিছু করা বা ঘটানো… See more stát se, náhodou, přihodit se… See more terjadi, kebetulan… See more เกิดขึ้น, พบโดยบังเอิญ… See more zdarzyć się, wydarzyć się, dziać się… See more 발생하다, 일어나다… See more succedere, accadere, avere la fortuna di… See more Need a translator?

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