hap

Definition of hap

Nouns

an accidental happening
"he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life"
Type of:
accident, chance event, fortuity, stroke
anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

Verbs

come to pass
"What is happening?"
Synonyms:
come about, fall out, go on, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
Types:
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break, develop, recrudesce
happen
arise, come up
result or issue
condense
develop due to condensation
open, open up
become available
come up
be mentioned
result
come about or follow as a consequence
intervene
occur between other event or between certain points of time
transpire
come about, happen, or occur
give
occur
operate
happen
supervene
take place as an additional or unexpected development
go, proceed
follow a certain course
drag, drag on, drag out
proceed for an extended period of time
come, do, fare, get along, make out
proceed or get along
come
come to pass; arrive, as in due course
descend, fall, settle
come as if by falling
fall
occur at a specified time or place
anticipate
be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
develop
be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
recur, repeat
happen or occur again
iterate
run or be performed again
cycle
recur in repeating sequences
come off, go off, go over
happen in a particular manner
come around, roll around
happen regularly
happen, materialise, materialize
come into being; become reality
appear, come out
be issued or published
bechance, befall, happen
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
bechance, befall, betide
become of; happen to
coincide, concur
happen simultaneously
backfire, backlash, recoil
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
chance
be the case by chance
happen
chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
break
happen or take place
fall, shine, strike
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
turn out
prove to be in the result or end
contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize
happen at the same time

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