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[ verb ] be a forerunner of or occur earlier than, as in
Synonyms happen go_on pass come_about anticipate pass_off fall_out hap occur Examples : "This composition anticipates Impressionism" |
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[ verb ] come to pass
Examples "What is happening?" "The meeting took place off without an incidence" "Nothing occurred that seemed important" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)The Fulton_County_Grand_Jury said Friday an investigation of Atlanta 's recent primary_election produced `` no evidence '' that any irregularities took_place . (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)One of the more noteworthy changes that have taken_place since the mid 19th century is the situation of Catholics at Oxford and Cambridge_Universities . (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)But He set a bound to his [ state of ] sin , by interposing death , and thus causing sin to cease , putting an end to it by the dissolution of the flesh , which should take_place in the earth , so_that man , ceasing at_length to live in sin , and dying to it , might live to God '' . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)Motion-picture exhibitions took_place in stores in a general atmosphere like that of the penny_arcade which can still be found in such urban_areas as Times_Square . Cutting , of_course , takes_place automatically in the creation of a film . |
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