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| Main Entry: | ensue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start to happen; come to pass |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, attend, befall, come up, derive, develop, emanate, eventuate, flow, follow, issue, occur, proceed, result, stem, succeed, turn out, turn up, be consequent on, be subsequent to, come after, come next, eventualize, supervene |
| Antonyms: | precede, antecede |
| Main Entry: | befall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen to; take place |
| Synonyms: | action, betide, break, chance, come down, come off, cook*, develop, ensue, fall, fall out, follow, go, go down, happen, jell*, materialize, occur, shake*, smoke*, transpire, bechance, come to pass, cook up a storm, cook with gas, gel, hap, supervene |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eventuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be a consequence |
| Synonyms: | befall, come about, end, ensue, follow, happen, issue, occur, result, stop, terminate, be consequent, come to pass, eventualize, take place |
| Antonyms: | cause |
| Main Entry: | happen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to pass; occur |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, arrive, befall, betide, bump, chance, come about, come off, develop, down, ensue, eventuate, fall, follow, go on, hit, issue, light, luck, materialize, meet, pass, proceed, recur, result, shake, smoke*, spring, stumble, transpire, turn out, turn up, be found, become a fact, become known, become of, come after, come into being, come into existence, crop up, present itself, stumble upon, supervene, take effect, take place, what goes |
| Notes: | happen means to come to pass or occur; transpire means to come to be known or come to light |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | result |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen, develop |
| Synonyms: | accrue, appear, arise, attend, come about, come from, come out, conclude, culminate, derive, effect, emanate, emerge, end, ensue, eventuate, finish, flow, follow, fruit, germinate, grow, issue, occur, originate, pan out, proceed, produce, rise, spring, stem, terminate, turn out, wind up, work out, be due to, become of, come forth, come of, eventualize |
| Antonyms: | cause |
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; proceed |
| Synonyms: | appear, begin, commence, derive, emanate, emerge, ensue, flow, follow, happen, head, issue, occur, originate, result, rise, spring, start, stem, come to light, crop up, set in |
| Main Entry: | follow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take the place of |
| Synonyms: | chase, come from, displace, ensue, pursue, replace, result, succeed, supersede, supplant, be subsequent to, come after, come next, go after, go next, postdate, proceed from, spring from, supervene |
| Antonyms: | neglect, pass over, shun, slight |
| Main Entry: | occur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take place, happen |
| Synonyms: | action, appear, arise, befall, betide, chance, come about, come off*, cook*, develop, ensue, eventuate, exist, follow, go, jell*, manifest, materialize, obtain, result, shake*, show, smoke*, transpire, turn out, turn up, be found, be present, come to pass, crop up, eventualize, present itself, take place |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transpire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | occur, happen |
| Synonyms: | arise, befall, betide, chance, come about, develop, ensue, eventuate, fall out*, go, result, shake, turn up, come to pass, gel, take place |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intervene |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen |
| Synonyms: | bedevil, befall, ensue, occur, succeed, come to pass, supervene, take place |
| Main Entry: | proceed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flow from; originate |
| Synonyms: | arise, come, derive, emanate, ensue, extend, follow, head, issue, pass, result, rise, spring, stem |
| Antonyms: | return |
| Main Entry: | rotate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alternate |
| Synonyms: | bandy, ensue, exchange, follow, interchange, relieve, spell, succeed, switch, follow in sequence, take turns |
| Antonyms: | stay |
| Main Entry: | succeed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come after; take the place of |
| Synonyms: | accede, assume, displace, ensue, enter upon, follow, inherit, replace, result, supersede, supplant, be subsequent, come into, come into possession, come next, follow after, follow in order, go next, postdate, supervene, take over |
| Antonyms: | precede |
| Main Entry: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; occur |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arise, befall, betide, break, break out, breed, chance, come about, come off, commence, contract, ensue, establish, follow, form, generate, go, happen, invest, originate, pick up, result, start, transpire |
| Antonyms: | cease, discontinue, end, halt, stop |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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