happy chance
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Definition
Noun: A fortunate and unexpected event or opportunity; a piece of good luck that occurs by chance.
Usage
This noun describes a positive, often surprising, turn of events that brings good fortune. It emphasizes the element of luck and lack of prior planning.
Examples
- The meeting with the old friend who offered him a job was a happy chance.
- Finding that rare book in a small town bookstore was a happy chance.
- It was a happy chance that the weather cleared just in time for the outdoor ceremony.
Advanced Usage
- "by happy chance": This adverbial phrase is used to describe how something fortunate happened.
- By happy chance, the doctor was still in the building when the emergency occurred.
Variants and Related Words
- Serendipity (n): The occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. (Often considered a more formal synonym).
- Fluke (n): A chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck. (Can be positive or negative, but often implies more randomness than "happy chance").
- Fortuity (n): The quality of being fortuitous; an accidental occurrence. (A more formal, neutral term for a chance event).
Synonyms
- Stroke of luck
- Fortunate accident
- Lucky break
- Lucky chance
Antonyms
- Misfortune
- Bad break
- Ill luck
- Mishap
Related Idioms
- A lucky break: A piece of good luck, especially one that creates an opportunity.
- Getting that audition was her lucky break.
- A stroke of luck: A sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune.
- Finding a parking spot right in front was a real stroke of luck.
Noun
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- he finally got his big break