This is the 708th most frequent Polish word.
odbyło
"Odbyło" means "took place" or "occurred" in English.
The word 'odbyło' is used as the past tense third-person singular neuter form of 'odbywać się', meaning 'to take place' or 'to happen', indicating when the meeting happened.
Spotkanie odbyło się wczoraj wieczorem.
The meeting took place yesterday evening.
Here, 'odbyło' conveys the location where the performance was conducted, maintaining its role of indicating an occurrence.
Przedstawienie odbyło się w teatrze.
The performance took place in the theater.
In this example, 'odbyło' is used to refer to the organized manner and timing of the event – the exam.