bechance 2verbdomain: changePrinceton WordNet [ver.3.1]EnglishDefinitionhappen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chanceReport errorPath to highest hypernymMorphologySynset graphExamples1.It happens that today is my birthday2.These things befell (Santayana)Synonymshappen 2happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chancebefall 2happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance