happenstance

Happenstance is defined as coincidence or by chance.

(noun)

If you go out to lunch and just happen to run into a friend unexpectedly while you are there, this is an example of happenstance.

See happenstance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun

Origin: happen + (circum)stance

See happenstance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A chance circumstance: “Marriage loomed only as an outgrowth of happenstance; you met a person” (Bruce Weber).

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Origin: happen

Origin: + (circum)stance

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