• v.
    ⦿happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
    lexical concept
  • It happens that today is my birthday
  • These things befell

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
lexinfo:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:bechance
  2. enl:befall
  3. enl:happen
wn:interlingual indexili:i23459

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • bechancebefall
  • bechancebefallhappen