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happenstance
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happenstance
(noun)
happenstance
/
ˈ
hæpənˌstæns/
noun
plural
happenstances
happenstance
/
ˈ
hæpənˌstæns/
noun
plural
happenstances
Britannica Dictionary definition of HAPPENSTANCE
formal + literary
:
something that happens by chance
[
noncount
]
Our meeting was pure
happenstance
.
We met each other by
happenstance
.
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It was an agreeable
happenstance
that we met.
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