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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
happening
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
strange
▪ A number of other Ulster callers also rang the show that night with amazing stories of strange happenings during Geller's appearance.
▪ Because of the strange happenings since she had arrived, Jenna had almost forgotten her original reason for this trip.
▪ Or was she behaving again like she had after the strange happenings on Monument Hill?
unusual
▪ By the following morning she had recovered to some extent from the unusual happenings in her normally well ordered life.
▪ This was not an unusual happening, and the executions were carried out without further trouble.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
there is no question of sth happening/sb doing sth
▪ Each has much to offer to the other and there is no question of one tradition being right and the other wrong.
▪ Even if the practice overspends its funds, there is no question of patients not getting the treatment they need.
▪ Since there is no means of changing the weather, there is no question of protest.
▪ This again suggests that the boys may have been in the wrong, which there is no question of in Ballantyne.
▪ This particularly applies where there is no question of a divorced previous spouse.
▪ This phenomenon is distinct from onomatopoeia - it is sometimes called sound symbolism: there is no question of auditory resemblance.
▪ Yet there is no question of one's hair rising.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ 'The X Files' is a fictional television programme about strange, unexplained happenings.
▪ The happenings of the last two days had left me feeling dazed.
▪ The paper has a listing of the day's happenings.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ She could not believe that Pat was ready to go off now, at this thrilling moment when fabulous happenings seemed imminent.
II.adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a happening club
▪ In four to five years, this will be a happening film festival.
▪ The town's OK, but not what you'd call a happening place.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
happening

happening \happening\ n.

  1. something that happens; an occurrence; an event.

    Syn: occurrence, natural event.

  2. Specifically: An event that is particularly interesting, noteworthy, or important.

  3. An artistic or entertainment event that is unconventional, sometimes discontinuous, designed to evoke strong emotions, and sometimes involving participation by the audience.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
happening

mid-15c., "chance, luck," from present participle of happen; meaning "occurrence" is 1550s. Sense of "spontaneous event or display" is from 1959 in the argot of artists. Happenings "events" was noted by Fowler as a vogue word from c.1905.

Wiktionary
happening

  1. 1 (context slang of a place English) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable. 2 (context slang of a person or product English) trend, up-to-the-minute. n. 1 Something that happens. 2 A spontaneous or improvise event, especially one that involves audience participation. v

  2. (present participle of happen English)

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WordNet
happening

  1. adj. taking place; "the parade is still happening"

  2. n. an event that happens [syn: occurrence, natural event]

Wikipedia
Happening

A happening is a performance, event, or situation meant to be considered art, usually as performance art.

Happening (disambiguation)

A happening is a performance, event or situation meant to be considered art.

Happening, Happenings, or The Happening may also refer to:

  • Happenings (Hank Jones and Oliver Nelson album), 1966
  • Happenings (Bobby Hutcherson album), 1966
  • The Happenings, an American pop music group that originated in the 1960s
  • The Happening (1967 film), a comedy film starring Anthony Quinn, Michael Parks, Faye Dunaway, Robert Walker Jr.
    • The Happening (1967 soundtrack), the soundtrack for the aforementioned film
      • "The Happening" (song), a song by The Supremes from the 1967 film soundtrack
  • The Happening (2008 film), a film by M. Night Shyamalan
    • The Happening (2008 soundtrack), the soundtrack for the aforementioned film
  • "The Happening", a song by The Pixies from their 1990 album Bossanova
  • The Happenings, a television series with illusionists Barry and Stuart broadcast in the UK by the National Geographic Channel
Happening (song)

Happening is a song by Danish singer Medina from her second English studio album Forever. The song is the English version of her Danish song " Kl. 10" from her third Danish album " For altid". It was released as the second single from the album on 14 September 2012. "Happening" was written by Medina Valbak, Rasmus Stabell, Jeppe Federspiel and Ross Golan, and was produced by the Danish producer-team Providers.

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Usage examples of "happening".

How could they expect the Acceptor to report specifically when so much was happening!

Lotus and Crazy had probably been achored before they had realized something was happening.

Meanwhile, Alsa was God knew where, and anything could be happening to her.

Two horses, a pair of riders, surrounded by the gang of aqueduct workers who had abandoned their evening meal to listen to what was happening.

Zarth Arn had never foreseen anything like this happening when he had planned the exchange of bodies!

A surgeon happening luckily to be in the house, immediately attended, and applied himself to dressing his wounds, which I had the pleasure to hear were not likely to be mortal.

All the rest waits for the appearing of the king to hail him for himself, not a being of accident and happening but authentically king, authentically Principle, The Good authentically, not a being that acts in conformity with goodness--and so, recognisably, a secondary--but the total unity that he is, no moulding upon goodness but the very Good itself.

Only the twitching of the line told Beal what was happening until she saw the first person sweep past a fire burning on the walls.

I felt as if I should like to know Bottarelli, and begged Goudar to take me to him, and Martinelli, happening to call just then, said he would come with us.

Consequently, Stratico was always afraid of something happening to him, and he begged me to make myself his companion, and even to share his pleasures, so that he might not go into bad company and dangerous houses alone and undefended.

In the Oswiecim camp itself, Berel said, where one saw the chimneys flame out at night, and smelled the burning hair, meat, and fat, many inmates shunned the topic of the gassings, or even denied that they were happening.

Mary, happening to glance from a window, saw Bibbs coming, and she started, clasping her hands together in a sudden alarm.

Pacino tried to stay focused, but the way this blockade was happening was foreign to him.

While Tom walked to the side of the cart as Bonfire pulled it around the track, he was thinking about Jimmy and wondering what was happening at Bedford.

Janne will be there to see any discussions between Safar, Caid and Coron happening without me.