The falling out or happening of events; the way in which things fall out; fortune; case.

Happening, occurrence; concrete occurrence, chance, event.

Happening, occurrence.

The fact of happening or occurring; a casual occurrence; an event, an incident, a circumstance; a situation; an eventuality. Obsolete.

The action of happen, v.; occurrence (of an event), the fact of taking place.

An event, circumstance, or occurrence. In quot. 1719: a series or course of events (cf. sense 3). Obsolete or merged in other senses.

The fact of something happening; the coming to pass of something. Cf. phrases 6. Obsolete. rare.

The falling out of an occurrence; chance.

(also concr. a part turned up).

The fact of something happening or occurring.

A falling out, happening, hap; = cadence, n. 8.

With adverbs or adverbial phrases in nouns of action chiefly corresponding to specialized senses at come, v. phrasal verbs 1, as coming about, comi…

The fact of occurring, being found or met with, turning up, or happening; an instance of this.

The action or fact of coming about; occurrence.

The fact of being met with; occurrence. rare.

= occurrence, n. 3a.