"And the boy / Ascanius – lives he, or what hap befalls / his parents' darling, and their only joy? / Breathes he the vital air, whom unto thee now Troy..."
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Hap
//hæp//
Synonyms for "hap" (133 found)
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Related words (66)
givegogo offgood fortunegood luckhappen alonghappen by chancehappeninghappenstancehappy chancehazardheedless haphow they fallincidentindeterminacyindeterminatenessjeopardylaw of averageslong oddslong shot
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lotlucklucky shotmatter of factmoiramuffleoccasionoccuroccurrenceopportunityparticularpasspass offphenomenonpop upportionprinciple of indeterminacyprobabilityproblematicnessrandom samplerealityriskrun of luckserendipitystatistical probabilitytake placethe breakstheory of probabilitytranspireturn of eventsturn upuncertaintyuncertainty principlewhatever comeswrap up
Noun(7 words)
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Translations
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French
1 entries- heur noun (luck, fortune, fate)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build / Their hopes on haps, and do not make despair / For all these certain blows the surest shield.
Source: wiktionary
And whether art it were, or heedless hap, / As through the flowring forest rash she fled, / In her rude hairs sweet flowres themselves did lap / And flourishing fresh leaves and blossoms did enwrap.
Source: wiktionary
Each day ſtill better others happineſſe, Vntill the heauens enuying earths good hap, Adde an immortall title to your Crowne.
Source: wiktionary
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