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haps

haps

9.9
Chance events that seem like fate
  • noun
  • /hæps/
  • Archaic
translation icon : eventos
  • She often reflects on the strange haps that led her to find her true calling.

Examples

  • The story tells of tragic haps that befell the kingdom during the war.

  • His fortune changed with a few lucky haps that came his way.

  • In that case in Group variance, which happened purely by chance.

Synonyms

happenstance
vshaps
15 8.5

A chance event that seems planned but is actually an accident

is more about events seen as fate or luck rather than seeming planned
hap
vshaps
  • Archaic
11 9.9

An event that happens by chance

is archaic or literary in tone rather than neutral
chance event
vshaps
1 3.4

An event that happens by accident and is not planned

is archaic and suggests fate or luck rather than neutral randomness

Surface Forms

haps singular
haps plural

Morphology

haps = hap (semi-transparent) = hap + s

Formally the regular plural of the archaic noun 'hap'; the structure is regular but the base meaning is archaic so learners may not infer it easily.

Etymology

Haps comes from the old word hap, which meant 'luck' or 'chance', and it is the same root you see in happy and happen. So in older or literary use, haps means events that happen by fate or chance.