| accident |
"Accident" is chance or luck. When something happens by accident, it happens without any particular reason or anybody hoping or expecting it to happen. [1/2 definitions] |
| accidentally |
If you do something accidentally, you don't mean to do it. You don't plan it or wish for it to happen. It just happens. |
| accompany |
to be connected with; happen at the same time as; follow. [1/3 definitions] |
| achieve |
When you achieve something, you get it or make it happen by trying very hard. When you reach a goal or finish something that is important to you, it means that you have achieved it. |
| act up |
to happen again or return, as an illness or malfunction. [1/2 definitions] |
| affect1 |
When one thing affects another thing, it makes a change in it or causes something to happen to it. The weather is something that often affects the way people feel. If it is a sunny day, people often feel happy and as if they have more energy. If a big storm affects an area, it probably causes some damage or harm there. [1/2 definitions] |
| afraid |
When you think that something could hurt you and you feel like running away from it, it means that you are afraid. Sometimes when you are afraid, you are worried that some bad thing might happen to you or to someone else. [1/2 definitions] |
| after all |
Sometimes we use "after all" when we tell what really happened in the end even though we had thought something else might happen. [1/2 definitions] |
| agent |
An agent is a force that causes something. It makes something happen. [1/2 definitions] |
| ahead of time |
If you do something ahead of time, you do it before some event that is going to happen. Sometimes you have to do something ahead of time so that you can be ready for the actual event when it happens. Sometimes you have to do something ahead of time in order to prevent any problems. |
| anticipate |
When you anticipate something, you expect that it is going to happen and you prepare for it. [2 definitions] |
| anxiety |
a feeling of being worried, nervous, or afraid that something will happen. |
| apart |
If two things are not together anymore, we can say they are apart. They are separate. If your friend lived near you, but then she moved away, it means that the two of you are apart now. Also, when two things don't happen at the same time, but instead there is time between them, we say the two things happen apart. [1/2 definitions] |
| apprehension |
fear about what may happen. [1/3 definitions] |
| arrange |
When you arrange something, it means that you make plans for it and do things to make it happen. [1/2 definitions] |
| as1 |
We often use "as" to say that two things happen at the same time. If you say that you walked into your house as the telephone rang, it means these two things happened at the same time. For this meaning, we often say "just as" instead of only "as." [1/6 definitions] |
| authorize |
If someone authorizes a thing, they give their permission for it to happen. [1/2 definitions] |
| be |
to take place or happen. [1/8 definitions] |
| become of |
to happen to; to be the result of. |
| befall |
to take place; happen. [2 definitions] |
| bring |
to cause to happen or change. [1/3 definitions] |