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  • happenstance — noun Etymology: happen + circumstance Date: 1897 a circumstance especially that is due to chance • happenstance adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • happenstance — I noun accident, accidental occurrence, casualty, chance, chance happening, circumstance, coincidence, fate, fortuitousness, fortuity, inexpectation, involuntariness, random luck, serendipity, unexpected occurrence, unforeseen occurrence,… …   Law dictionary

  • happenstance — ☆ happenstance [hap′ən stans΄ ] n. [ HAPPEN + (CIRCUM)STANCE] Informal 1. chance; fortuity 2. a chance or accidental happening …   English World dictionary

  • chance — I (fortuity) noun advantage, befalling, casus, circumstance, event, favorable time, fortuitousness, good fortune, happening, occasion, opening, suitable circumstance, time associated concepts: arise by chance, last clear chance II (possibility) …   Law dictionary

  • chance happening — index happenstance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Happenstance (film) — Infobox Film | name = Happenstance caption = Le Battement d ailes du papillon director = Laurent Firode producer = Franck Landron Anne Dominique Toussaint Pascal Judelewicz writer = Laurent Firode starring = Audrey Tautou Faudel Eric Savin… …   Wikipedia

  • chance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fortuity Nouns 1. chance, accident, lot; fate, kismet, karma (See destiny); Lady Luck, [Dame] Fortune; luck, fortune, hap, hazard; contingency, adventure, fortuity; randomness, indetermination,… …   English dictionary for students

  • happenstance — noun a) A chance or random event or circumstance. by happenstance b) The chance or random quality of an event or circumstance. <span style= font variant:small caps >James Bond:</span> Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three… …   Wiktionary

  • happenstance — UK [ˈhæpənˌstæns] / US noun Word forms happenstance : singular happenstance plural happenstances literary a) [uncountable] the fact that something happens by chance, usually something good b) [countable] something good that happens by chance …   English dictionary

  • happenstance — [[t]hæ̱pənstæ̱ns[/t]] N UNCOUNT: also a N, oft by N If you say that something happened by happenstance, you mean that it happened because of certain circumstances, although it was not planned by anyone. [WRITTEN] I came to live at the farm by… …   English dictionary

  • chance — 1. noun 1) there was a chance he might be released Syn: possibility, prospect, probability, likelihood, likeliness, expectation, anticipation; risk, threat, danger 2) I gave her a chance to answer Syn: opportu …   Thesaurus of popular words

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