Synonyms for happening
ˈhæp ə nɪŋhap·pen·ing

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1. happening

   An accident is that which happens without any one's direct intention; a chance that which happens without any known cause. If the direct cause of a railroad accident is known, we can not call it a chance. To the theist there is, in strictness, no chance, all things being by divine causation and control; but chance is spoken of where no special cause is manifest: "By chance there came down a certain priest that way," Luke x, 31. We can speak of a game of chance, but not of a game of accident. An incident is viewed as occurring in the regular course of things, but subordinate to the main purpose, or aside from the main design. Fortune is the result of inscrutable controlling forces. Fortune and chance are nearly equivalent, but chance can be used of human effort and endeavor as fortune can not be; we say "he has a chance of success," or "there is one chance in a thousand," where we could not substitute fortune; as personified, Fortune is regarded as having a fitful purpose, Chance as purposeless; we speak of fickle Fortune, blind Chance; "Fortune favors the brave." The slaughter of men is an incident of battle; unexpected defeat, the fortune of war. Since the unintended is often the undesirable, accident tends to signify some calamity or disaster, unless the contrary is expressed, as when we say a fortunate or happy accident. An adventure is that which may turn out ill, a misadventure that which does turn out ill. A slight disturbing accident is a mishap. Compare EVENT; HAZARD.

   Synonyms:
   accident, adventure, calamity, casualty, chance, contingency, disaster, fortuity, hap, hazard, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, possibility

   Antonyms:
   appointment, calculation, certainty, decree, fate, foreordination, intention, law, necessity, ordainment, ordinance, plan, preparation, provision, purpose

   Preposition:
   The accident of birth; an accident to the machinery.

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1. happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural eventnoun

   an event that happens

   Synonyms:
   occurrence, natural event, occurrent

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1. List of paraphrases for "happening":

   occurring

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1. Beverley Mitchell:

   But who knows, Getty Images all about timing and seeing all the reboots happening now, Getty Images makes you think that theres a strong possibility, so who knows ?

2. Antony Blinken:

   There is a growing recognition that what is happening in Ukraine matters first and foremost to Ukrainians, but it should matter to everyone in the world, what’s at stake are larger principles that are the foundation of the entire international order established after two World Wars and the Cold War … basic principles that are needed to maintain peace and security.

3. United Airlines:

   We have spoken with our customer’s family to apologize. We are working with our team and our wheelchair assistance vendor at Newark to review what happened and to prevent this from happening again.

4. Cameron Webb:

   The strategy is to combat mis - and disinformation from any source, ultimately, history's going to look back at what's happening in different states. Ron DeSantis are going to see and say who used the moment for the short term and who used the moment with the big, much greater goal of keeping people safe.

5. Marco Tulio:

   Yesterday we had a long meeting and he at no point established this link. These things are not linked. This negotiation is happening in parallel.