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Synonyms for befall
bɪˈfɔlbe·fall

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.7 / 3 votes

  1. befall

    A thing is said to happen when no design is manifest, or none especially thought of; it is said to chance when it appears to be the result of accident (compare synonyms for ACCIDENT). An incident happens or occurs; something external or actual happens to one; a thought or fancy occurs to him. Befall and betide are transitive; happen is intransitive; something befalls or betides a person or happens to him. Betide is especially used for anticipated evil, thought of as waiting and coming at its appointed time; as, wo betide him! One event supervenes upon another event, one disease upon another, etc. ["Transpire," in the sense of happen, is not authorized by good usage: a thing that has happened is properly said to transpire when it becomes known.]

    Synonyms:
    bechance, betide, chance, come to pass, fall, fall out, happen, occur, supervene, take place

    Preposition:
    An event happens to a person; a person happens on or upon a fact, discovery, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. befall

    Synonyms:
    happen, occur, betide, fall, supervene, bechance

    Antonyms:
    miss, pass, spare, pretermit

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. befall, bechance, betideverb

    become of; happen to

    "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"

    Synonyms:
    betide, bechance, happen

  2. happen, befall, bechanceverb

    happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance

    "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)

    Synonyms:
    encounter, betide, materialise, fall out, bump, go on, occur, pass off, materialize, bechance, hap, happen, chance, take place, find, pass, come about

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. befallverb

    Synonyms:
    betide, overtake, happen to

  2. befallverb

    Synonyms:
    happen, occur, take place

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. befallverb

    Synonyms:
    happen, supervene, betide, bechance

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How to use befall in a sentence?

  1. Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson:

    I hold it true, whatever befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

  2. Joseph Addison:

    A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us; and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can befall us from without.

  3. Marcus Aelius Aurelius:

    Whatever may befall thee, it was preordained for thee from everlasting.

  4. The President:

    The murder of George Floyd at the hands of police was a horrible tragedy -- one of countless tragedies to befall people of color across the United States. The vast majority of protesters today did so peacefully, toward a common goal of promoting justice and equality, i am deeply thankful for their voices and their positive, forceful message. I also want to express my gratitude to all the police officers and other first responders working to protect the people of Boston from the individuals whose violent actions, looting and property destruction was criminal and cowardly -- and distracted from the powerful statement made today by thousands of Massachusetts residents.

  5. Godfather, The:

    Don Corleone I'm a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befall Michael - if he is to be shot in the head by a police officer, or be found hung dead in a jail cell... or if he should be struck by a bolt of lightning - then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room and then I do not forgive. But with said, I pledge - on the souls of my grandchildren - that I will not be the one to break the peace that we have made today.


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