hap

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This word consists of 3 letters and is spelled as "H-A-P". It has 1 vowel and 2 consonants.

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hap

noun

How to pronunciation hap: ˈhap

What does Hap Mean?

What does hap meaning in English

1. Chance; fortune. Things casual do vary, and that which a man doth but chance to think well of cannot still have the like hap. Hooker. Whether art it were, or heedless hap, As through the flow’ring forest rash she fled, In her rude hairs sweet flowers themselves did lap, And flourishing fresh leaves and blossoms did enwrap. F. Q. A fox had the hap to fall into the walk of a lion. L’Estr.
   
2. That which happens by chance or fortune. Curst be good haps, and curst be they that build Their hopes on haps, and do not make despair For all these certain blows the surest shield. Sidney. To have ejected whatsoever that church doth make account of, without any other crime than that it hath been the hap thereof to be used by the church of Rome , and not to be commanded in the word of God, might haply have pleased some few men, who, having begun such a course themselves, must be glad to see their example followed. Hooker, b. iv.
   
3. Accident; casual event; misfortune. Solyman commended them for their valour in their evil haps, more than the victory of others got by good fortune. Knolles. Nor feared she among the bands to stray Of armed men; for often had she seen The tragick end of many a bloody fray: Her life had full of haps and hazards been. Fairfax, b. vi.

Other definitions for hap

The definition of 'hap' is: happening

How to spell hap

Want to know how to spell hap, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "hap consists of 1 syllables and is spelled "ˈhap".

Synonyms for hap:

There are synonyms for hap'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of hap:

affair, circumstance, episode, event, happening, incident, occasion, occurrence, thing

Some words similar to "hap"

• echappe
• chapitre
• chaplets
• chaplain
• mayhap
• happening
• chapeau
• foolhappy
• chaplin
• perhaps

The word "hap" in works of art

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Anna Karenina / Leo Tolstoy

Now I give praise to the gods, to the happy chance that led me here, to the way I live, and the god's own life that has made me what I am.

The Bacchae / Euripides

All around, deep shadows, as if the world is becoming dark, the sun is fading away. Everything changes, is fleeting. But when we hold each other hand in hand, in tight embrace, even death doesn't matter. We can hold on to happiness, to love, to each other. We can hold on to life itself.

The Road / Vasily Grossman

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.

The Misanthrope / Molière

What happens when people open their hearts?"" ""They get better.

Haruki Murakami / Norwegian Wood

But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal rather than the goal itself.

Heart of a Dog / Mikhail Bulgakov

Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.

Sense and Sensibility / Jane Austen

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How many points in scrabble for hap

How many points is the word "hap" in Scrabble? Is "hap" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word hap is 8

Understanding English Verb Tenses

English verb tenses can be quite confusing, but with some practice, you can master them. There are 12 different tenses in English, which fall into two categories: simple and continuous. Simple tenses refer to actions that happen once, whereas continuous tenses refer to ongoing or repeated actions. For example, the present simple tense is used to talk about habits or things that are always true, while the present continuous tense is used to describe actions happening at the moment or temporarily. It's important to understand the different verb tenses in order to communicate effectively in English.