How to pronounce“happening”in English
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Definitions of “happening”
present participle and gerund of happen
“From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.”
Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
““[…]San Francisco is not exactly the most happening place, you know.””
Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
“Every show has its hottest, most happening trends. If I were to isolate just one for hardware and one for software, this year's hot hardware would be the 386 machines, and the happening software would be desktop publishing.”
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