happening

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hap=pen=ing
• COUNT in NET: 15 in 15 verses (in OT : 6 in 6 verses) (in NT : 9 in 9 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

happening, n. 

•  something that happens; an occurrence; an event.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  An event that is particularly interesting, noteworthy, or important.  [PJC]
•  An artistic or entertainment event that is unconventional, sometimes discontinuous, designed to evoke strong emotions, and sometimes involving participation by the audience.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

happening, n.
1 an event or occurrence.
2 an improvised or spontaneous theatrical etc. performance.

THESAURUS

happening

Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, accident, accidental, accompanying, ado, adventure, afloat, afoot, antimasque, audience success, ballet, bomb, broadcast drama, burlesque show, casualty, chance, chance hit, charade, circumstance, circumstantial, cliff hanger, closet drama, comedy drama, contingency, contingent, critical success, current, daytime serial, dialogue, documentary drama, doing, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, duodrama, duologue, epic theater, episode, event, eventuating, experience, experimental theater, extravaganza, fact, failure, flop, fluke, fortuity, freak accident, gasser, giveaway, go, going on, hap, happenstance, hazard, hit, hit show, improvisational drama, in hand, in the wind, incident, incidental, legitimate drama, long odds, long shot, lucky shot, masque, matter of fact, melodrama, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, music drama, musical revue, mystery, mystery play, occasion, occasional, occurrence, occurring, on, on foot, ongoing, opera, pageant, panel show, pantomime, particular, passing, pastoral, pastoral drama, phenomenon, piece, play, playlet, prevailing, prevalent, problem play, psychodrama, quiz show, radio drama, reality, resultant, review, revue, sensational play, serial, show, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, stage play, stage show, straight drama, success, suspense drama, tableau, tableau vivant, taking place, talk show, teleplay, television drama, television play, theater of cruelty, thing, total theater, turn of events, under way, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, word-of-mouth success, work

ROGET THESAURUS

happening

Eventuality

N eventuality, event, occurrence, incident, affair, matter, thing, episode, happening, proceeding, contingency, juncture, experience, fact, matter of fact, naked fact, bare facts, just the facts, phenomenon, advent, business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding, circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence, opportunity (occasion), the world, life, things, doings, affairs in general, things in general, affairs in general, the times, state of affairs, order of the day, course of things, tide of things, stream of things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of events, ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life, chapter of accidents, situation, happening, going on, doing, current, in the wind, in the air, afloat, on foot, afoot, on the tapis, at issue, in question, incidental, eventful, stirring, bustling, full of incident, memorable, momentous, signal, eventually, in the event of, in case, just in case, in the course of things, as things, times go, as the world goes, wags, as the tree falls, cat jumps, as it may turn out, happen, that's the way the ball bounces, that's the way the cookie crumbles, you never know what may turn up, you never know what the future will bring, the plot thickens, breasts the blows of circumstance, so runs round of life from hour to hour, sprinkled along the waste of years, eventuality, event, occurrence, incident, affair, matter, thing, episode, happening, proceeding, contingency, juncture, experience, fact, matter of fact, naked fact, bare facts, just the facts, phenomenon, advent, business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding, circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence, opportunity (occasion), the world, life, things, doings, affairs in general, things in general, affairs in general, the times, state of affairs, order of the day, course of things, tide of things, stream of things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of events, ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life, chapter of accidents, situation, happening, going on, doing, current, in the wind, in the air, afloat, on foot, afoot, on the tapis, at issue, in question, incidental, eventful, stirring, bustling, full of incident, memorable, momentous, signal, eventually, in the event of, in case, just in case, in the course of things, as things, times go, as the world goes, wags, as the tree falls, cat jumps, as it may turn out, happen, that's the way the ball bounces, that's the way the cookie crumbles, you never know what may turn up, you never know what the future will bring, the plot thickens, breasts the blows of circumstance, so runs round of life from hour to hour, sprinkled along the waste of years.