(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Something that ~s occurs or is done without being planned.
We cannot say for sure what will ~...
VERB: V
2.
If something ~s, it occurs as a result of a situation or course of action.
She wondered what would ~ if her parents found her...
He trotted to the truck and switched on the ignition. Nothing ~ed.
VERB: V, V
3.
When something, especially something unpleasant, ~s to you, it takes place and affects you.
If we had been spotted at that point, I don’t know what would have ~ed to us...
VERB: V to n
4.
If you ~ to do something, you do it by chance. If it ~s that something is the case, it occurs by chance.
We ~ed to discover we had a friend in common...
If it ~s that I’m wanted badly somewhere, my mother will take the call and phone through to me here.
VERB: V to-inf, it V that
5.
You use as it ~s in order to introduce a statement, especially one that is rather surprising.
She called Amy to see if she had any idea of her son’s whereabouts. As it ~ed, Amy had.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR with cl