HAPPENSTANCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental

Synonyms:

coincidence; happenstance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("happenstance" is a kind of...):

accident; chance event; fortuity; stroke (anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause)

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