Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)To happen through misfortune; to mishappen.

Examples

11 sentences

  1. I had a mishap.

    ruСо мной произошел несчастный случай. — sharptoothed

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  2. I heard about your mishap.

    ruЯ слышал о вашем несчастье. — scriptin

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  3. I had a small mishap.

    deMir ist da ein kleines Missgeschick passiert. — al_ex_an_der

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  4. I'm sorry for the mishap.

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  5. Luck is our mother, mishap — our educator.

    deDas Glück ist unsere Mutter, das Missgeschick unser Erzieher. — Esperantostern

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Origin

From Middle English mishappen, equivalent to mis- + hap.

From Middle English mishappen, equivalent to mis- + hap.

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Forms

mishaps, mishapping, mishapped, mishapped
Base formmishap · to mishap
3rd person singularmishaps
Present participlemishapping
Past simplemishapped
Past participlemishapped

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymishap
he, she, itmishaps

Past simpleLesson

all personsmishapped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mishapped
he, she, ithas mishapped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mishap

Word family

2 related words
RelatedluckA1luckyA1

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
misgivingmisguidemishandlemishearmishmashmisinform
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