about to happen

about to happen
index forthcoming, immediate (imminent), imminent, inevitable, pending (imminent), proximate

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  • About to Happen — Infobox Single Name = About to Happen Artist = Siouxsie from Album = MantaRay B side = Released = March 10, 2008 Format = 7 inch vinyl, CD single, Digital download Recorded = 2007 Genre = Pop, Alternative rock Length = 2:50 Label = W14 Writer =… …   Wikipedia

  • happen — ► VERB 1) take place; occur. 2) come about by chance. 3) (happen on) come across by chance. 4) chance to do something or come about. 5) (happen to) be experienced by. 6) ( …   English terms dictionary

  • about time — None too soon • • • Main Entry: ↑time * * * used to convey that something now happening or about to happen should have happened earlier it s about time I came clean and admitted it * * * (and) about ˈtime (ˈtoo) | (and) not before ˈtime idiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • about — a|bout1 W1S1 [əˈbaut] prep 1.) concerning or relating to a particular subject ▪ a book about politics ▪ She said something about leaving town. ▪ He lied about his age. ▪ About that car of yours. How much are you selling it for? ▪ What s he on… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • about — [[t]əba͟ʊt[/t]] ♦ (In addition to the uses shown below, about is used after some verbs, nouns, and adjectives to introduce extra information. About is also often used after verbs of movement, such as walk and drive , and in phrasal verbs such as… …   English dictionary

  • about — 1 preposition 1 on or dealing with a particular subject: a book about politics | She said something about leaving town. | all about (=all the details of a particular subject): Naturally, my mother wanted to know all about it. 2 in many different… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • happen — vb Happen, chance, occur, befall, betide, transpire are comparable when they mean to come to pass or to come about. Happen is the ordinary and general term and may imply either obvious causation or seeming accident, either design or an absence of …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • happen along — ˈhappen a ˌlong ˈhappen ˌby [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they happen along he/she/it happens along present participle …   Useful english dictionary

  • happen — [v] come to pass; occur appear, arise, arrive, become a fact, become known, become of, befall, be found, betide, bump, chance, come about, come after, come into being, come into existence, come off, crop up*, develop, down, ensue, eventuate, fall …   New thesaurus

  • happen to somebody — ˈhappen to sb/sth derived to have an effect on sb/sth • I hope nothing (= nothing unpleasant) has happened to them. • It s the best thing that has ever happened to me. • What s happened to your car? …   Useful english dictionary

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