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HAPPENSTANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
Synonyms:
coincidence; happenstance
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("happenstance" is a kind of...):
accident; chance event; fortuity; stroke (anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause)