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happenchance

happenchance noun: coincidence.

Noun

happenchance (countable and uncountable, plural happenchances)

  1. (informal) Coincidence.
    • It may be that some day I will find a respectable population of shells, but that will be mere happenchance.1955, Henry van der Schalie, quoting Goodrich, “Calvin Goodrich, 1874-1954”, in University of Michigan Summer Session 1955 Announcement, page 12

Adjective

happenchance (not comparable)

  1. Characterized by happenstance; chance; fortunate or unfortunate.
    • The advent of the Son in the flesh is no happenchance occurrence: it has a hinterland of deliberate and necessary preparation.2017, Iain MacKenzie, Irenaeus's Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching, page 142

Synonyms of happenchance

Forms of happenchance

pluralhappenchances

Origin of happenchance

Apparently from happen + chance, perhaps influenced by happenstance.

Questions about happenchance

What does happenchance mean?
Happenchance means coincidence.
What part of speech is happenchance?
Happenchance can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of happenchance?
The plural of happenchance is happenchances.

Words near happenchance in the dictionary

  1. happen by
  2. happen on
  3. happen upon
  4. happen'd
  5. happenable
  6. happenchance
  7. happenchances
  8. happend
  9. happened
  10. happened across
  11. happened along

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