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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence |
| Synonyms: | accident, adventure, affair, case, chance, circumstance, episode, event, experience, go*, incident, milestone, occasion, phenomenon, proceeding, scene, thing* |
| Antonyms: | method, plan, system |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance event |
| Synonyms: | adventure, circumstance, contingency, fate, fluke, fortuity, fortune, happening, luck, occasion, occurrence, turn |
| Antonyms: | calculation, decision, decree, plan |
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something done |
| Synonyms: | activity, agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, bag*, ballgame, big idea, bit*, business, bustle, commotion, dash, deal, energy, enterprise, flurry, force, functioning, game, going, happening, haste, hoopla*, hopper, in the works, industry, life, liveliness, motion, movement, occupation, operation, plan, power, process, proposition, racket, reaction, response, rush, scene, spirit, stir, stunt, trip, turmoil, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity |
| Antonyms: | cessation, idleness, inaction, inactivity, inertia, repose, rest, stoppage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adventure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | risky or unexpected undertaking |
| Synonyms: | chance, contingency, emprise, endangerment, enterprise, experience, exploit, feat, happening, hazard, incident, jeopardy, occurrence, peril, scene, speculation, trip, undertaking, venture |
| Antonyms: | avoidance, inaction, inactivity, inertia, latency, passiveness, stillness |
| Main Entry: | affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, office function, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming to a destination |
| Synonyms: | accession, advent, alighting, appearance, approach, arriving, debarkation, disembarkation, dismounting, entrance, happening, homecoming, influx, ingress, landing, meeting, occurrence, return |
| Antonyms: | departure, disappearance, leave |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal concern |
| Synonyms: | affair, assignment, beeswax, carrying on, duty, function, goings-on, hanky-panky, happening, interest, issue, lookout, matter, palaver, point, problem, question, responsibility, subject, task, topic |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, luck |
| Synonyms: | accident, advantage, adventure, bad luck, break, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, even chance, fluke, fortuity, fortune, future, gamble, good luck, hap, haphazard, happening, hazard, heads or tails, hit*, in the cards, kismet, lot, lottery, luck out, lucky break, misfortune, occurrence, odds, outcome, peradventure, peril, providence, risk, stroke of luck, throw of the dice, toss-up, turn of the cards, way the cookie crumbles, wheel of fortune |
| Antonyms: | aim, design, plan, scheme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
| Synonyms: | Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
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