about+to+happen
11happen to somebody — ˈhappen to sb/sth derived to have an effect on sb/sth • I hope nothing (= nothing unpleasant) has happened to them. • It s the best thing that has ever happened to me. • What s happened to your car? …
12happen to something — ˈhappen to sb/sth derived to have an effect on sb/sth • I hope nothing (= nothing unpleasant) has happened to them. • It s the best thing that has ever happened to me. • What s happened to your car? …
13happen — verb (I) 1 if an event or situation happens, it exists and continues for a period of time, especially without being planned first: The accident happened early on Tuesday morning. | No one knew who had fired the gun it all happened so quickly. |… …
14happen — hap|pen [ hæpən ] verb intransitive *** to take place, usually without being planned: The accident happened at about 4:30 p.m. yesterday. The family was on vacation when the tragedy happened. He seemed to be unaware of what was happening around… …
15happen — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. befall, eventuate, occur. See chance, occurrence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To be by chance] Syn. come up, come about, turn up, crop up, chance, stumble upon, light upon, occur unexpectedly, come face to …
16happen — hap|pen W1S1 [ˈhæpən] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: hap ( HAPPY)] 1.) when something happens, there is an event, especially one that is not planned = ↑occur ▪ When did the accident happen? ▪ It s impossible to predict what will happen next.… …
17happen to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms happen to : he/she/it happens to present participle happening to past tense happened to past participle happened to 1) a) happen to someone if something happens to you, an event or action takes place which… …
18happen — verb 1》 take place; occur. 2》 come about by chance. ↘chance to do something or come about. ↘(happen on) come across by chance. ↘used as a polite formula in questions: do you happen to know who her doctor is? 3》 (happen to) be… …
19happen — verb 1) remember what happened last time he was here Syn: occur, take place, come about; ensue, result, transpire, materialize, arise, crop up, come up, present itself, supervene; informal go down; formal eventuate; literary come to pass, betide… …
20about — a|bout [ ə baut ] function word *** About can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): He told me about your problem. as an adverb (without a following noun): Stop rushing about. followed by an infinitive with to : I… …
