Hyphenation of happen

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word happen? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

hap-pen

Definitions of happen:

1.	Come to pass What is happening? The meeting took place off without an incidence Nothing occurred that seemed important
2.	Happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance It happens that today is my birthday These things befell (Santayana)
3.	Chance to be or do something, without intention or causation I happen to have just what you need!
4.	Come into being Become reality Her dream really materialized
5.	Come upon, as if by accident Meet with We find this idea in Plato I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day

Synonyms of happen:

verb	hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
verb	befall, bechance, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
verb	chance
verb	materialize, materialise, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
verb	find, chance, bump, encounter

Last hyphenations of this language

chichester retractiveness hopkinson horse-leech Vulg diffarreation support throop ASK chirurgeon throngingly noncontingently denuders briony brightest microphytic vision-seeing Wendolyn self-infatuated

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.