happening (noun)
121concurrence — noun formal 1 (U) agreement (+ with): Jules expressed his concurrence with the suggestion. 2 (C) an example of events, actions etc happening at the same time (+ of): a strange concurrence of events …
122confusion — noun (U) 1 a state of not understanding what is happening or what something means because it is not clear (+ about/over/as to): There was some confusion as to whether we had won or lost. | create/lead to confusion: This complicated situation has… …
123consciousness — noun 1 (U) the condition of being awake and able to understand what is happening around you: lose consciousness (=go into a deep sleep): David lost consciousness at eight o clock and died a few hours later. | regain consciousness (=wake up): She… …
124continuity — noun (U) 1 the continuing of an event, system etc over a long period of time, without problems happening when there is a change: We should ensure continuity of care between hospital and home. 2 technical the organization of a film or television… …
125current affairs — noun (U) important political events or other events in society that are happening now …
126diversion — noun 1 (C) something that stops you from paying attention to what you are doing or what is happening: create a diversion (=deliberately take someone s attention away from something else): Some of the prisoners created a diversion while Riggs… …
127dramatic irony — noun (U) a special effect in a play in which the people watching know something that the characters in the play do not, and can understand the real importance or meaning of what is happening …
128ear — noun 1 PART OF YOUR BODY (C) one of the organs on either side of your head that you hear with: Lou turned to Mark and whispered something in his ear. 2 HEARING (U) the ability to hear sounds: too high pitched to be heard by the human ear | have… …
