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happenstance
hap·pen·stance H0054600 (hăp′ən-stăns′)n. A chance circumstance: "I drove loops around the nearby parish school ... hoping to bump into her casually and claim it was mere happenstance" (Hart Seely).
[happen + (circum)stance.]happenstance (ˈhæpənˌstæns) n1. chance2. a chance occurrencehap•pen•stance (ˈhæp ənˌstæns)
n. a chance happening or event. [1895–1900; happen + (circum) stance] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | happenstance - an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidentalcoincidencechance event, fortuity, accident, stroke - anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" |
happenstancenounAn unexpected random event:accident, chance, fluke, fortuity, hap, happenchance, hazard.Translationshappenstance
Synonyms for happenstancenoun an unexpected random eventSynonyms- accident
- chance
- fluke
- fortuity
- hap
- happenchance
- hazard
Synonyms for happenstancenoun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidentalSynonymsRelated Words- chance event
- fortuity
- accident
- stroke
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