happenstancenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈhæp.ən.stɑːns/us/ˈhæp.ən.stæns/mainly USchance or a chance situation, especially one producing a good result:
By (a strange) happenstance they were both in Paris at the same time.
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Good luck and bad luck
- a blessing in disguise idiom
- bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
- be a good idiom
- be bad luck on sb idiom
- be down on your luck idiom
- blessing
- favour
- godsend
- grace
- hapless
- happily
- hard luck! idiom
- lap
- mischance
- misfortune
- mishap
- mixed blessing
- Murphy's law
- shame
- stroke
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