noun
Freq #50859
Meanings
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noun
A chance event; something that happens by luck rather than planning.
By pure happenstance, they ended up on the same train.
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Forms
happenstances
Derived forms
happenstantialhappenstantially
Etymology
Blend of happening + circumstance. Attested from 1855 in US publications.