1
[ verb ] come to pass

Examples

"What is happening?" "The meeting took place off without an incidence" "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

2
[ verb ] be a forerunner of or occur earlier than, as in

Examples

: "This composition anticipates Impressionism"

3
[ noun ] an accidental happening

Examples

"he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life"

Related terms

accident anticipate

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