happening (noun)

  • 51victim — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hapless, helpless, innocent, poor, unfortunate, unwilling ▪ He defrauded his innocent victims of millions. ▪ unsuspecting …

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  • 52fear — noun 1》 an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm.     ↘(fear for) a feeling of anxiety regarding.     ↘the likelihood of something unwelcome happening: she observed them without fear of attracting attention. 2》 archaic… …

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  • 53conjugation — noun (C) technical 1 a set of verbs in languages such as Latin that conjugate in the same way 2 the way that a particular verb conjugates conjunction noun 1 in conjunction with working, happening, or being used with someone or something else: The …

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  • 54fatalism — noun (U) the belief that there is nothing you can do to prevent events from happening fatalist noun (C) …

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  • 55incidence — noun (singular) formal the number of times something bad happens, for example how many people have a particular illness or how many crimes there are: a survey to determine the incidence of heart defects among premature babies | the high incidence …

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  • 56india rubber — noun old fashioned 1 (U) rubber used for making toys, removing pencil marks etc: an india rubber ball 2 (C) BrE a piece of rubber used for removing pencil marks; eraser indicate verb 1 FACTS (T) to show that a particular situation exists or that… …

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  • 57break of day — noun the first light of day (Freq. 1) we got up before dawn they talked until morning • Syn: ↑dawn, ↑dawning, ↑morning, ↑aurora, ↑first light, ↑ …

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  • 58eye opener — noun 1. an alcoholic drink intended to wake one up early in the morning • Hypernyms: ↑drink 2. something surprising and revealing • Hypernyms: ↑surprise * * * eye opener, or eye o|pen|er «Y OH puh nuhr», noun. Informal. 1. a surprising ha …

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  • 59possibleness — noun capability of existing or happening or being true there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired • Syn: ↑possibility • Ant: ↑impossibility (for: ↑possibility) • Derivationall …

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  • 60sexual harassment — noun unwelcome sexual behavior by a supervisor toward an employee • Hypernyms: ↑harassment, ↑molestation * * * ˌsexual ˈharassment [sexual harassment] noun uncountable …

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