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Dictionary: hap   (hăp) pronunciation
n.
  1. Fortune; chance.
  2. A happening; an occurrence.
intr.v., happed, hap·ping, haps.
To happen.

[Middle English, from Old Norse happ.]


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noun

  1. The quality shared by random, unintended, or unpredictable events or this quality regarded as the cause of such events: chance, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, hazard, luck. See certain/uncertain.
  2. An unexpected random event: accident, chance, fluke, fortuity, happenchance, happenstance, hazard. See certain/uncertain, surprise/expect.

verb

  1. To take place: befall, betide, come, come about, come off, develop, happen, occur, pass, transpire. Idioms: come to pass. See happen.
  2. To take place by chance: befall, chance, happen. See happen.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an accidental happening


The verb hap has one meaning:

Meaning #1: come to pass
  Synonyms: happen, go on, pass off, occur, pass, come about, take place


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