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Hap and Luck

hap

noun

  • An accidental happening.
    • usage: "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life"

verb

noun

  • Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you. )
    • usage: "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
  • An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another.
    • usage: "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
  • An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome.
    • usage: "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"
(n.) That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill.