English noun: hap | |||
1. | hap (event) an accidental happening | ||
Samples | He recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accident, chance event, fortuity, stroke | ||
English verb: hap | |||
1. | hap (change) come to pass | ||
Samples | What is happening?. The meeting took place off without an incidence. Nothing occurred that seemed important. | ||
Synonyms | come about, fall out, go on, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP. It ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anticipate, arise, backfire, backlash, bechance, bechance, befall, befall, betide, break, break, chance, coincide, come, come around, come off, come up, concur, contemporise, contemporize, develop, develop, fall, fall, give, go, go off, go over, happen, happen, intervene, materialise, materialize, operate, proceed, recoil, recrudesce, recur, repeat, result, roll around, shine, strike, supervene, synchronise, synchronize, transpire, turn out | ||