dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/hap_MW.json
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{
"hap":{
"antonyms":[
"be",
"befall",
"betide",
"chance",
"come",
"come about",
"come down",
"come off",
"cook",
"do",
"go down",
"go on",
"happen",
"occur",
"pass",
"transpire"
],
"definitions":{
": chance , fortune":[],
": clothe , cover":[],
": happen":[],
": happening sense 1":[],
": something (such as a bed quilt or cloak) that serves as a covering or wrap":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1593, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English happen":"Verb",
"Middle English, from Old Norse happ good luck; akin to Old English geh\u00e6p suitable, Old Church Slavonic kob\u012d lot, fate":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hap"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"affair",
"circumstance",
"episode",
"event",
"happening",
"incident",
"occasion",
"occurrence",
"thing"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095406",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hap'orth":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": halfpennyworth":[
"a hap'orth of tobacco"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"by contraction":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195105",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hap-harlot":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a coarse coverlet":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"hap entry 3 + harlot (knave)":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124927",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hapa haole":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1916, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hawaiian, from hapa half (from English half ) + haole":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-(\u02cc)l\u0101",
"\u02cch\u00e4-p\u0259-\u02c8hau\u0307-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011558",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"hapax":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": hapax legomenon":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"by shortening":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081221",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hapax legomenon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a word or form occurring only once in a document or corpus":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1692, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek, something said only once":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u0259n",
"\u02cch\u00e4-\u02ccp\u00e4ks-",
"\u02ccha-\u02ccpaks-li-\u02c8g\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u00e4n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231522",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hapchance":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a fortuitous or chance event or circumstance":[
"the hapchance of a sounding word",
"\u2014 Richard Llewellyn",
"this hapchance \u2026 enterprise is nothing to sneeze at",
"\u2014 Dave Roberts"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"hap entry 1 + chance":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074710",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"haphazard":{
"antonyms":[
"methodical",
"methodic",
"nonrandom",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
],
"definitions":{
": chance sense 1":[
"this little remnant preserved by the haphazard of chance",
"\u2014 Edith Hamilton",
"take our principles at haphazard",
"\u2014 John Locke"
],
": marked by lack of plan, order, or direction":[
"a haphazard assemblage of furniture",
"not \u2026 a collection of haphazard schemes, but rather the orderly component parts of a connected and logical whole",
"\u2014 F. D. Roosevelt"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"We were given a haphazard tour of the city.",
"considering the haphazard way you measured the ingredients, it's a wonder the cookies came out this good",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Former officials who spoke with The Post said Tesla\u2019s haphazard approach has grated on some NHTSA staff, and the enforcement reflects an attempt at a course correction. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Feb. 2022",
"By comparison, this coronavirus\u2019s spread is still too haphazard , too unpredictable. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 23 May 2022",
"The decision to pursue the sale followed an audit that found the city manages its streetlights in a haphazard way, with not enough crews to sufficiently maintain and repair them. \u2014 Wilborn Nobles, ajc , 16 May 2022",
"This haphazard approach also endangered thousands of Afghans who earned the right to move to the U.S. with their families after working for the American government, most notably as interpreters. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"This uncertainty has led to a haphazard situation for many companies and a confusing one for employees. \u2014 Chandra Steele, PCMAG , 4 May 2022",
"Carles is famous not only for creating iconic fragrances, such as Ma Griffe and Miss Dior, but for bringing some method to the haphazard madness of composing perfumes, which used to rely primarily on happy accidents. \u2014 Genevieve Fullan, Longreads , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Many of the artifacts that remain in the public mind \u2014 say, a video of a woman in sunglasses mooing while holding a hamburger \u2014 are haphazard and frivolous, which makes the internet a poor place to locate meaning. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Nacre layers\u2019 thicknesses varied by up to 40 nanometers on average, but not in a haphazard way. \u2014 Leila Sloman, Popular Mechanics , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Roughly 13 million tourists visited Notre-Dame every year before the fire, snaking in long haphazard lines in front and crowding narrow streets around it. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"The result, though, is a haphazard system for gauging whether or not something is worth your time. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Even shows that might appear silly or spontaneous are far from haphazard . \u2014 Francine Orr, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"The prime attraction is guitars\u2014including folky varieties such as Dobro, lap steel, and baritone guitar\u2014that interweave with the haphazard , rhythmic grace of rustling branches. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 28 May 2022",
"Drew was involved in ABCD early on, and came on full time in 1971 to help stabilize the agency\u2019s haphazard finances and record-keeping. \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"Independent reporting from inside Ukraine indicates Russian forces have scattered mines in a haphazard and disorganized fashion across civilian regions. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The approach to how data is gathered can be across the spectrum, ranging from haphazard to intentional design. \u2014 Howard Rosen, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Readers will come to see that Stringfellow is demonstrating the erratic movements of history, the false starts and reversals and, yes, the moments of progress that are reflected in our haphazard march toward realizing King\u2019s vision for America. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1569, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1576, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"hap entry 1 + hazard":"Noun and Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"hap-\u02c8ha-z\u0259rd",
"(\u02cc)hap-\u02c8ha-z\u0259rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for haphazard Adjective random , haphazard , casual mean determined by accident rather than design. random stresses lack of definite aim, fixed goal, or regular procedure. a random selection of books haphazard applies to what is done without regard for regularity or fitness or ultimate consequence. a haphazard collection of rocks casual suggests working or acting without deliberation, intention, or purpose. a casual collector",
"synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"helter-skelter",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084351",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"haphazardly":{
"antonyms":[
"methodical",
"methodic",
"nonrandom",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
],
"definitions":{
": chance sense 1":[
"this little remnant preserved by the haphazard of chance",
"\u2014 Edith Hamilton",
"take our principles at haphazard",
"\u2014 John Locke"
],
": marked by lack of plan, order, or direction":[
"a haphazard assemblage of furniture",
"not \u2026 a collection of haphazard schemes, but rather the orderly component parts of a connected and logical whole",
"\u2014 F. D. Roosevelt"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"We were given a haphazard tour of the city.",
"considering the haphazard way you measured the ingredients, it's a wonder the cookies came out this good",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Former officials who spoke with The Post said Tesla\u2019s haphazard approach has grated on some NHTSA staff, and the enforcement reflects an attempt at a course correction. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Feb. 2022",
"By comparison, this coronavirus\u2019s spread is still too haphazard , too unpredictable. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 23 May 2022",
"The decision to pursue the sale followed an audit that found the city manages its streetlights in a haphazard way, with not enough crews to sufficiently maintain and repair them. \u2014 Wilborn Nobles, ajc , 16 May 2022",
"This haphazard approach also endangered thousands of Afghans who earned the right to move to the U.S. with their families after working for the American government, most notably as interpreters. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"This uncertainty has led to a haphazard situation for many companies and a confusing one for employees. \u2014 Chandra Steele, PCMAG , 4 May 2022",
"Carles is famous not only for creating iconic fragrances, such as Ma Griffe and Miss Dior, but for bringing some method to the haphazard madness of composing perfumes, which used to rely primarily on happy accidents. \u2014 Genevieve Fullan, Longreads , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Many of the artifacts that remain in the public mind \u2014 say, a video of a woman in sunglasses mooing while holding a hamburger \u2014 are haphazard and frivolous, which makes the internet a poor place to locate meaning. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Nacre layers\u2019 thicknesses varied by up to 40 nanometers on average, but not in a haphazard way. \u2014 Leila Sloman, Popular Mechanics , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Roughly 13 million tourists visited Notre-Dame every year before the fire, snaking in long haphazard lines in front and crowding narrow streets around it. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"The result, though, is a haphazard system for gauging whether or not something is worth your time. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Even shows that might appear silly or spontaneous are far from haphazard . \u2014 Francine Orr, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"The prime attraction is guitars\u2014including folky varieties such as Dobro, lap steel, and baritone guitar\u2014that interweave with the haphazard , rhythmic grace of rustling branches. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 28 May 2022",
"Drew was involved in ABCD early on, and came on full time in 1971 to help stabilize the agency\u2019s haphazard finances and record-keeping. \u2014 Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"Independent reporting from inside Ukraine indicates Russian forces have scattered mines in a haphazard and disorganized fashion across civilian regions. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The approach to how data is gathered can be across the spectrum, ranging from haphazard to intentional design. \u2014 Howard Rosen, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Readers will come to see that Stringfellow is demonstrating the erratic movements of history, the false starts and reversals and, yes, the moments of progress that are reflected in our haphazard march toward realizing King\u2019s vision for America. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1569, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1576, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"hap entry 1 + hazard":"Noun and Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"hap-\u02c8ha-z\u0259rd",
"(\u02cc)hap-\u02c8ha-z\u0259rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for haphazard Adjective random , haphazard , casual mean determined by accident rather than design. random stresses lack of definite aim, fixed goal, or regular procedure. a random selection of books haphazard applies to what is done without regard for regularity or fitness or ultimate consequence. a haphazard collection of rocks casual suggests working or acting without deliberation, intention, or purpose. a casual collector",
"synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"helter-skelter",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010950",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"hapless":{
"antonyms":[
"fortunate",
"happy",
"lucky"
],
"definitions":{
": having no luck : unfortunate":[
"tale of a hapless sailor",
"hapless beings caught in the grip of forces we can do little about",
"\u2014 W. H. Whyte"
]
},
"examples":[
"She plays the hapless heroine who is unlucky in love.",
"the hapless motorist had barely paid his bill and driven away from the body shop when a truck sideswiped his car",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Taika Waititi, who seems to be everywhere these days, plays a hapless ranger who fixates on unimportant details, while Dale Soules plays a one-note ex-con with a penchant for explosives. \u2014 Alan Zilberman, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"After a group of hapless counselors wave goodbye to the kids, a confluence of events lead these beautifully na\u00efve people to staying one last night. \u2014 Mitch Wallace, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Brad Pitt plays a hapless hitman who is forced to brawl with everyone from Bad Bunny to a cute looking mascot in the new trailer for Bullet Train, set to arrive Aug. 5. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 7 June 2022",
"The nimble lyricist namedrops Kendrick, Drake, and Cole, while pouncing on hapless MCs with his deft lyricism. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 23 May 2022",
"The texture of the two is similar: a school year plus a summer, the same brilliant, hapless young woman trying to figure out how to live and make art. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Along for the adventure is her cover model (Channing Tatum), who sets off on a heroic yet hapless rescue mission. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"Moscow\u2019s vaunted military has often seemed hapless , absorbing unexpectedly heavy losses of men and equipment, while unprecedented sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies have shaken the Russian economy. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Merchant is impeccably hapless as Greg, an incompetent lawyer and recent divorc\u00e9, while Darren Boyd (Trying) and Clare Perkins (The Wheel of Time) make excellent foils as John, an aggrieved conservative, and Myrna, a militant liberal activist. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 1 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see hap entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ha-pl\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"hard-luck",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"jinxed",
"luckless",
"snakebit",
"snakebitten",
"star-crossed",
"unfortunate",
"unhappy",
"unlucky"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172324",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"happen":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to come especially by way of injury or harm":[
"I promise nothing will happen to you"
],
": to come into being or occur as an event, process, or result":[
"mistakes will happen"
],
": to come or go casually : make a chance appearance":[
"he might happen by at any time"
],
": to do, encounter, or attain something by or as if by chance":[
"I happen to know the answer"
],
": to meet or discover something by chance":[
"happened upon a system that worked",
"\u2014 Richard Corbin"
],
": to occur by chance":[
"\u2014 often used with it it so happens I'm going your way"
]
},
"examples":[
"Something like that was bound to happen sooner or later.",
"You never know what's going to happen when they get together.",
"What happened at school today",
"\u201cWhat's happening ",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As local news disappears, bad things happen : Voter participation declines. \u2014 Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Transformations require new skills and rarely happen overnight. \u2014 Dave Hart, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"And on an acting level, too, there\u2019s obviously so much more that can happen when there are two factors instead of trying to create something that\u2019s built around yourself. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 28 June 2022",
"In the opening scene, Steve Martin\u2019s Charles smugly announces that the city\u2019s not where really bad things happen . \u2014 Sadie Stein, Town & Country , 28 June 2022",
"Several states, including Texas, set trigger laws either banning abortions entirely or severely restricting when the procedure can happen . \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 28 June 2022",
"Under the proposal, the city would conduct a feasibility study and the transformation would happen within 180 days. \u2014 J.d. Capelouto, ajc , 28 June 2022",
"This spooked users into pulling their money from Solend en masse, emptying the vaults much as would happen in a bank run. \u2014 Danny Nelson, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"History tells us that bad things can happen to an institution that loses its public credibility. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from hap":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-p\u1d4am",
"\u02c8ha-p\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"be",
"befall",
"betide",
"chance",
"come",
"come about",
"come down",
"come off",
"cook",
"do",
"go down",
"go on",
"hap",
"occur",
"pass",
"transpire"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055907",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"happen (upon)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to find or meet (someone or something) by chance":[
"She happened on a little cottage in the woods.",
"I happened upon them at the grocery store."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043436",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"happening":{
"antonyms":[
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"au courant",
"chic",
"cool",
"exclusive",
"fashionable",
"fresh",
"hip",
"in",
"modish",
"sharp",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"supercool",
"swell",
"swish",
"trendy",
"voguish"
],
"definitions":{
": an event or series of events designed to evoke a spontaneous reaction to sensory, emotional, or spiritual stimuli":[],
": offering much stimulating activity":[
"a happening dance club"
],
": something (such as an event) that is particularly interesting, entertaining, or important":[],
": something that happens : occurrence":[],
": very fashionable : in":[
"a happening hairstyle"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the President's visit to the school was a real happening for teachers and students alike",
"gave a detailed account of all the happenings of the weekend",
"Adjective",
"This is quite a happening town on the weekends.",
"those are some happening duds, man",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Singer Bryan Adams had heard rumblings about the musical happening and expressed an interest in composing the music. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"The report reinforces the importance of this happening across the learning experience. \u2014 Brennan Barnard, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Between Pride Month, Juneteenth, Father\u2019s Day, Summer Solstice, and typical summer fun, there\u2019s an overwhelming amount happening this week. \u2014 Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Still, the Humane brand minimizes the risk of this happening by ensuring that its ingredient list is as clean as possible, without harmful sulfates and parabens. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"And keep in mind that before the last recession officially hit in February 2020, economists were predicting a mere 27% chance of one happening . \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"Another poll, conducted around the same time by the Pew Research Center, found that 57 percent of teenagers were worried about the possibility of a shooting happening at their school. \u2014 Monica Hesse, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"This equates to just a 1% chance of weather this warm happening during the month. \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 19 May 2022",
"Britain\u2019s Health Security Agency said its cases are not all connected, suggesting that there are multiple chains of transmission happening . \u2014 Maria Cheng, Chicago Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"While the overarching trend for fall is still lowest maintenance possible, there's a bit more happening than your typical sunny blondes and balayage brunettes. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 2 Sep. 2020",
"What was once a sleepy college town next to a railroad stop is now one of the most happening cities in the state of Texas. \u2014 Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle , 5 Apr. 2018",
"Waco was already a happening place before the Gaines began remodeling homes. \u2014 Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle , 16 Feb. 2018",
"In any case, these days, the most happening stuff is often happening between the floats. \u2014 NOLA.com , 1 Feb. 2018",
"Don\u2019t forget to stop by the Mallmart parking lot after a Friday night football game for the most happening tailgate parties. \u2014 Jessica Macleish, Teen Vogue , 23 Jan. 2018",
"Again in 1921, that very happening year, the poet Manuel Maples Arce plastered Mexico City with broadsheets announcing the birth of a cultural movement. \u2014 Holland Cotter, New York Times , 27 Oct. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hap-ni\u014b",
"\u02c8ha-p\u0259-ni\u014b",
"\u02c8ha-p\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"emprise",
"experience",
"exploit",
"gest",
"geste",
"time"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114121",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"happily":{
"antonyms":[
"bleakly",
"cheerlessly",
"darkly",
"heavily",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"unhappily"
],
"definitions":{
": as it fortunately happens":[
"happily , some boyhood pleasures don't change",
"\u2014 P. A. Witteman"
],
": by chance":[],
": in a fortunate manner":[],
": in a happy manner or state":[],
": in an adequate or fitting manner : successfully":[]
},
"examples":[
"They have been happily married for 12 years.",
"They lived happily ever after.",
"We happily accept credit cards.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the visa appointment, Tymur and Svitlana overheard a family in line in front of them speaking in Ukrainian, and happily joined the conversation. \u2014 Anna Russell, The New Yorker , 2 July 2022",
"Woman's Day: Miss Baxter gets her happily ever after, and it is done in such a sweet way. \u2014 Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day , 30 June 2022",
"Less happily , finding and managing the best people in this marketplace is challenging \u2013 and with a war for talent raging, there is a real risk of being left behind. \u2014 David Prosser, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"But in the nearly eight years since that day, Alvarez-Hernandez has triumphed and is now a happily married mom who has thrived as a top-level science student. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Trees can coexist happily with many kinds of plants. \u2014 Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Traditionally, a happily married woman must mix the dough, and a married man slides the round loaf into the oven. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"Of course, the eyes were on Felker, basking in sobriety since early in Turnpike\u2019s break and happily re-married to his wife, Staci, with a year-old daughter at home and another child expected around September. \u2014 Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The couple \u2014 who have been happily married for 43 years \u2014 suddenly found themselves in the same place 24/7. \u2014 Ana Calderone, PEOPLE.com , 24 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ha-p\u0259-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"gayly",
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"I had the happiness of seeing you",
"\u2014 W. S. Gilbert"
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"a striking happiness of expression"
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"all happiness bechance to thee",
"\u2014 William Shakespeare"
]
},
"examples":[
"They made a toast to long life and happiness .",
"her happiness was complete when she got her very own house",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her TikTok audience gave her the confidence to launch a personal development brand to help others find happiness and achieve personal and professional goals. \u2014 Carmela Chirinos, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"There were moments of joy and happiness and, for the past five years, stability. \u2014 cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"Instead, recognize your own ability to create the conditions for joy and happiness . \u2014 Tracy Brower, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"His infectious personality and smile always lit up a room with so much joy and happiness . \u2014 Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
"If happiness was a commodity, then Africa would have amassed the least of it, especially during the covid-19 pandemic where many Africans found nothing to smile about in their daily lives. \u2014 Faustine Ngila, Quartz , 31 May 2022",
"The reality star, 22, appeared to be surrounded by joy and happiness in a carousel of photos shared to Instagram on Tuesday. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
"So consumed by multiple losses as a player to the Celtics in the NBA Finals, West can\u2019t find happiness anywhere. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Sometimes happiness is elusive if only one path to it is envisioned. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Feb. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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"\u02c8ha-p\u0113-n\u0259s"
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"beatitude",
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"joy",
"warm fuzzies"
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"noun"
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"hapless",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"luckless",
"star-crossed",
"unfortunate",
"unhappy",
"unlucky"
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"a punch- happy boxer"
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"is the happiest person I know",
"a happy childhood"
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"education-conscious and statistic- happy",
"\u2014 Helen Rowen"
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"a happy ending"
],
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"a happy coincidence"
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"a happy choice"
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"examples":[
"She was a very happy child.",
"You don't look happy . What's the problem",
"We're all one big, happy family here.",
"I'd do anything to make her happy .",
"I could hear the children's happy laughter in the other room.",
"She had a very happy childhood.",
"They've had a very happy marriage.",
"I was glad the movie had a happy ending .",
"We are so happy that you were able to come to the party.",
"They are not at all happy about the rise in taxes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Depp, who also plays in the classic rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires, was happy just to be in the same room with Beck. \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 23 June 2022",
"The unthinkable aside, Jonah and his father are happy for the boy in the rubble to be known \u2014 for now, at least \u2014 as that young man in the Design District selling fancy popsicles out of a truck, the ones with the Oreos trapped inside. \u2014 Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"But as news spread of her impending appearance, not everyone at Google was happy . \u2014 Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News , 23 June 2022",
"The vendors were happy too and there were plenty of them. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 20 June 2022",
"His caddy must be happy , the bags quickly getting lighter. \u2014 Golfweek, USA TODAY , 19 June 2022",
"Fans are livid over the losses; nobody inside the walls at Comerica Park is happy either. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022",
"Ongoing employee experience ensures your team is happy and fulfilled throughout their tenure with your business. \u2014 Anil Dharni, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Everybody ought to be happy in this pleasure palace, including the driver. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English, from hap":""
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"\u02c8ha-p\u0113"
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"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"fortunate",
"heaven-sent",
"lucky",
"providential"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035222",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[
"high-strung",
"uptight"
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},
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"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02ccha-p\u0113-g\u014d-\u02c8l\u0259-k\u0113"
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"breezy",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
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"low-pressure",
"mellow"
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"\u2014 Richard Corbin"
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"I promise nothing will happen to you"
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"-p\u1d4am",
"\u02c8ha-p\u0259n"
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"be",
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"betide",
"chance",
"come",
"come about",
"come down",
"come off",
"cook",
"do",
"go down",
"go on",
"hap",
"occur",
"pass",
"transpire"
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"examples":[
"Something like that was bound to happen sooner or later.",
"You never know what's going to happen when they get together.",
"What happened at school today",
"\u201cWhat's happening ",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As local news disappears, bad things happen : Voter participation declines. \u2014 Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Transformations require new skills and rarely happen overnight. \u2014 Dave Hart, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"And on an acting level, too, there\u2019s obviously so much more that can happen when there are two factors instead of trying to create something that\u2019s built around yourself. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 28 June 2022",
"In the opening scene, Steve Martin\u2019s Charles smugly announces that the city\u2019s not where really bad things happen . \u2014 Sadie Stein, Town & Country , 28 June 2022",
"Several states, including Texas, set trigger laws either banning abortions entirely or severely restricting when the procedure can happen . \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 28 June 2022",
"Under the proposal, the city would conduct a feasibility study and the transformation would happen within 180 days. \u2014 J.d. Capelouto, ajc , 28 June 2022",
"This spooked users into pulling their money from Solend en masse, emptying the vaults much as would happen in a bank run. \u2014 Danny Nelson, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"History tells us that bad things can happen to an institution that loses its public credibility. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022"
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"Middle English, from hap":""
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"type":[
"adverb"
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"\u02c8ha-pl\u0113"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"phrasal verb"
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"phrasal verb"
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": to find or meet (someone or something) by chance":[
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"I happened upon them at the grocery store."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184252"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"\u02c8ha-p\u0259n-\u02ccchan(t)s",
"\u02c8ha-p\u1d4am-"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Wilson New York onslaught\u2014including billboards of Stefanos Tsitsipas adorning the city advertising the new Blade\u2014 isn't happenchance . \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1847, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
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": the use of electronically or mechanically generated movement that a user experiences through the sense of touch as part of an interface (as on a gaming console or smartphone)":[
"Some video games let players experience simple examples of haptics ; \u2026 players can feel shudders and jolts through joysticks and steering wheels that are linked to virtual activities like driving vehicles with high-torque motors.",
"\u2014 Anne Eisenberg",
"Instead the haptics engine motor simulates the feeling of pressing a button.",
"\u2014 Ben Sin"
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": a science concerned with the sense of touch":[
"The study of touching behavior is called haptics .",
"\u2014 Bruce M. Rowe and Diane P. Levine"
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"-tiks",
"\u02c8hap-tiks"
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"borrowed, with conformation to -ics , from New Latin haptic\u0113 \"science of touch,\" noun derivative from feminine of Greek haptik\u00f3s \"able to come into contact with,\" from hapt\u00f3s \"tangible\" (verbal adjective of h\u00e1ptein \"to fasten,\" h\u00e1ptesthai \"to fasten onto, come into contact with, touch,\" of uncertain origin) + -ikos -ic entry 1":""
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"noun"
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"a happening dance club"
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"\u02c8ha-p\u0259-",
"\u02c8hap-ni\u014b",
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"geste",
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"au courant",
"chic",
"cool",
"exclusive",
"fashionable",
"fresh",
"hip",
"in",
"modish",
"sharp",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"supercool",
"swell",
"swish",
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"voguish"
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"Noun",
"the President's visit to the school was a real happening for teachers and students alike",
"gave a detailed account of all the happenings of the weekend",
"Adjective",
"This is quite a happening town on the weekends.",
"those are some happening duds, man",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Singer Bryan Adams had heard rumblings about the musical happening and expressed an interest in composing the music. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"The report reinforces the importance of this happening across the learning experience. \u2014 Brennan Barnard, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Between Pride Month, Juneteenth, Father\u2019s Day, Summer Solstice, and typical summer fun, there\u2019s an overwhelming amount happening this week. \u2014 Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Still, the Humane brand minimizes the risk of this happening by ensuring that its ingredient list is as clean as possible, without harmful sulfates and parabens. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"And keep in mind that before the last recession officially hit in February 2020, economists were predicting a mere 27% chance of one happening . \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"Another poll, conducted around the same time by the Pew Research Center, found that 57 percent of teenagers were worried about the possibility of a shooting happening at their school. \u2014 Monica Hesse, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"This equates to just a 1% chance of weather this warm happening during the month. \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 19 May 2022",
"Britain\u2019s Health Security Agency said its cases are not all connected, suggesting that there are multiple chains of transmission happening . \u2014 Maria Cheng, Chicago Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"While the overarching trend for fall is still lowest maintenance possible, there's a bit more happening than your typical sunny blondes and balayage brunettes. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 2 Sep. 2020",
"What was once a sleepy college town next to a railroad stop is now one of the most happening cities in the state of Texas. \u2014 Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle , 5 Apr. 2018",
"Waco was already a happening place before the Gaines began remodeling homes. \u2014 Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle , 16 Feb. 2018",
"In any case, these days, the most happening stuff is often happening between the floats. \u2014 NOLA.com , 1 Feb. 2018",
"Don\u2019t forget to stop by the Mallmart parking lot after a Friday night football game for the most happening tailgate parties. \u2014 Jessica Macleish, Teen Vogue , 23 Jan. 2018",
"Again in 1921, that very happening year, the poet Manuel Maples Arce plastered Mexico City with broadsheets announcing the birth of a cultural movement. \u2014 Holland Cotter, New York Times , 27 Oct. 2016"
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203229"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of several forms of an alpha globulin found in blood serum that can combine with free hemoglobin in the plasma and thereby prevent the loss of iron into the urine":[]
},
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"\u02c8hap-t\u0259-\u02ccgl\u014d-b\u0259n"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If more blood is being destroyed than usual, the level of haptoglobin drops. \u2014 Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times , 18 Apr. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French haptoglobine, shortened from earlier prosaptoglobine, from Greek pros\u00e1ptein \"to fasten, attach to\" (from pros- pros- + h\u00e1ptein \"to fasten\") + French -o- -o- + globine globin \u2014 more at haptics":""
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"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212543"
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"\u02c8hap-tik"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, there's no adaptive trigger support or haptic feedback yet. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"That may lead to hand controls with gloves that offer haptic feedback. \u2014 Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"Keyboard haptics Apple is bringing haptic feedback to the keyboard in iOS 16. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 8 June 2022",
"At one point, graduate students demonstrated new devices that could send taps and presses from a distance\u2014a kind of primitive haptic FaceTime. \u2014 Andrew Leland, The New Yorker , 12 May 2022",
"The touchpad is also upgraded, now a larger haptic pad with pressure sensors. \u2014 Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG , 9 May 2022",
"Another screen down on the center stack is flanked by two physical knobs that can display either haptic climate-control buttons or a row of navigation and audio controls. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 2 May 2022",
"Garmin also integrated a physical home/back button below the screen, where a haptic one used to sit. \u2014 Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The company, which has no relation at all to Elon Musk, is working on a full-body haptic suit for VR. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"back-formation from haptics":""
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"1860, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those looking for small, focused and highly-profitable firms that make all sorts of components, from robotic arms to bicycle gear, will find Japan to be a happy hunting ground . \u2014 Fortune , 15 Dec. 2021",
"London has not been a happy hunting ground for Miami, who are 1-3 on the other side of the Atlantic. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 11 Oct. 2021",
"This has long made West Virginia a happy hunting ground for corporate interests eager to extract resources and profits. \u2014 Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine , 20 July 2021",
"In years past, Michael Gudinski made the APRA Awards a happy hunting ground , often snagging multiple awards with his company, Mushroom Music Publishing. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 28 Apr. 2021",
"The crumbling cliffs along it, dating from the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, are a happy hunting ground for anyone seeking the fossilized remains of ancient creatures. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 6 Nov. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"phrasal verb"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023249"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"examples":[
"I was one happy camper when I heard the news.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"No one said that cooking dinner for a family was going to be easy, but these kid-friendly meals will help make everyone at the dinner table a happy camper (including you!). \u2014 Katelyn Lunders, Woman's Day , 24 June 2022",
"No one\u2019s a happy camper when there\u2019s a mask-wearing, machete-wielding homicidal maniac running amok in the woods in this classic 1980 slasher flick. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Sweden\u2019s Ingmar Bergman, remember him, was rarely a happy camper . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 5 May 2021",
"North Carolina State head coach Dave Doeren was not a happy camper . \u2014 Mark Frank, Star Tribune , 28 Nov. 2020",
"Be a happy camper With the new 2-Day Camp Meal Kit for Two, Patagonia Provisions (yes, that Patagonia) is helping nourish COVID-era campers. \u2014 National Geographic , 27 May 2020",
"Bill O'Brien was not a happy camper , and a couple of his old colleagues with the New England Patriots were apparently the reason why. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 25 Apr. 2020",
"On signing day, as in Lake Wobegon, every recruit is above average, every coach a happy camper . \u2014 Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News , 6 Feb. 2020",
"The siblings took the best parts of Burning Man and Coachella \u2014 the communion of artists, musicians and a troop of happy campers \u2014 and left behind the unappealing aspects, such as the desert dust and the millennials in Woodstock attire. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Jan. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1957, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
": an order of extinct arachnids not closely related to any living group":[]
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"They came together by mere happenstance ."
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"Our meeting was pure happenstance .",
"We met each other by happenstance .",
"It was an agreeable happenstance that we met.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some people rise to great acclaim by happenstance , most do so by applied effort. \u2014 Eric Fuller, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Painter will be among the people in Kingston on Wednesday, eager to glimpse the historic documents found by happenstance . \u2014 Michael Hill, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"And Gayle King, co-host of CBS Mornings, talked about her career being happenstance . \u2014 Vicki Salemi, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Michael Sam found his way back to football almost by happenstance . \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
"Yet not even the most seasoned, demanding television producer can stand firm against the combined forces of Hollywood egos and benign, indifferent happenstance . \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Whether by choice or happenstance , these women are a village all unto themselves, and these quotes about single moms and sayings about single motherhood capture all the hard work and emotions of the experience. \u2014 Rebekah Lowin, Country Living , 2 May 2022",
"Dolly Porsawatdee, 30, who runs the restaurant with her family, thinks it\u2019s probably a culinary happenstance . \u2014 Frank Shyongcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Any system designed by fallible people is subject to design flaws, human error, and happenstance , as the terrifying history of nuclear near-misses demonstrates. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 24 Mar. 2022"
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"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But they won't be saved by out-of-touch happy talk or shifting blame in ways that don't ring true with voters. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 5 Apr. 2022",
"But one prominent commentator didn't join in the happy talk . \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Despite all the happy talk on the left about the benefits of diversity, America\u2019s real strength has been its ability to transcend problems that have crippled other multiethnic, multireligious and multilingual societies. \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Reading between the lines, Biden brought a much tougher message to Europe than what the happy talk about sacred obligations suggests. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 14 June 2021",
"The comments from Hernandez are classic examples of stakeholder-capitalist happy talk . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 21 Nov. 2021",
"Employment data suggest a more fragile economy than the happy talk from the administration, crowing about the decline in the unemployment rate. \u2014 Edwin T. Burton, National Review , 21 Oct. 2021",
"In just two years the Automobile Club of America had pivoted from happy talk and broken promises to more of a scorched earth attack \u2014 joined by lobbyists from the Automobile Dealers\u2019 Association plus a team of lawyers. \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Oct. 2021",
"But the way this season is playing out looks a lot like one of those Texas teams where all the happy talk made the underachievement look that much worse. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 26 Sep. 2021"
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"1971, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"People tend to inherit groups of SNPs together, called a haplotype . \u2014 Caitlin Harrington, Wired , 2 Oct. 2020",
"Genetic prospectors mined the International HapMap, a catalogue of haplotypes and the 3.9 million SNPs contained therein from North Americans with ancestry in northwestern Europe and from individuals sampled in Nigeria, China and Japan. \u2014 Gary Stix, Scientific American , 1 Nov. 2012",
"GBIRd member David Threadgill, a geneticist at Texas A&M University in College Station, and his team are working with a gene drive that occurs naturally in mice, called the t- haplotype . \u2014 Ewen Callaway, Scientific American , 10 July 2018",
"These haplotypes became important for diagnosing sickle cell anemia, because some appeared to cause more severe disease than others. \u2014 Carl Zimmer, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2018",
"Early genetic studies suggested that five different kinds of DNA, known as haplotypes , surround the mutation. \u2014 Carl Zimmer, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1967, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
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"New Latin, from hapl- + Latin thrips":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093808"
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"idiom"
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"It's great that he won the scholarship. I'm very happy for him."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094320"
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"noun"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from hapt- + -or":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110203"
},
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"noun"
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"the happy warrior who \u2026 was to fight for all the revolution had stood for",
"\u2014 Van Wyck Brooks"
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"so called from the use of the term in Character of the Happy Warrior (1807), poem by William Wordsworth \u20201850 English poet":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120027"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary hapt- + -tropic":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150815"
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"examples":[
"Happy hour runs from 5:00 to 7:00.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With plans for happy hour specials and a live DJ, this tequila bar is likely to be buzzing with activity from day to (very late) night. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 9 June 2022",
"The happy hour culture is endemic to many organizations, says Laura Silverman, who runs Zero Proof Nation, a community platform that showcases alcohol-free products, events, and experiences around the country. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
"Enjoy hors d\u2019oeuvres, wine by the glass, and mixed and soft drinks at happy hour prices. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"There\u2019s also Pack the Bar from Sundays to Thursdays, when guests receive happy hour pricing all night long at the inside bar with a $20 food purchase per person. \u2014 Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
"Since launching in 1996, the festival added TV series before other North American festivals, a high school screenings program, an awards program, panels and happy hour talks and many other events. \u2014 Pat Saperstein, Variety , 20 May 2022",
"And as mark bona, put it very artistically help wanted signs or as ubiquitous as happy hour specials. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 19 May 2022",
"In the spring of 2015, Ben got happy hour drinks with two friends at a Midtown barbecue spot. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"Chronicle wine writers Esther Mobley and Jess Lander mapped out where thrifty travelers can find a $4 breakfast, $30 wine tastings and $1.50 happy hour specials. \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165719"
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": positive stereotropism especially of plants":[]
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"hap\u02c8t\u00e4\u2027tr\u0259\u02ccpiz\u0259m"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary hapt- + -tropism":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182919"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a Maori clan or tribal subdivision":[]
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"Maori":""
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