chance.
An opportunity or possibility.
Meaning & usage
An opportunity or possibility.
We had the chance to meet the president last week: we have a good/strong chance of making / to make a profit.
There was a fat/slim chance that my letter would arrive in time.
Random occurrence; luck.
Why leave it to chance when a few simple steps will secure the desired outcome?
My whole life seems to be ruled by blind chance.
The probability of something happening.
There is a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow.
There is little chance of having the chance to approach such a big celeb.
probability; possibility.
What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English chance, cheance, chaunce, cheaunce, a borrowing from Old French cheance (“accident, chance, luck”), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”), from Latin cadere (“to fall, to die, to happen, occur”). Doublet of cadence and cadenza.
Happening by chance, casual.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English chance, cheance, chaunce, cheaunce, a borrowing from Old French cheance (“accident, chance, luck”), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”), from Latin cadere (“to fall, to die, to happen, occur”). Doublet of cadence and cadenza.
Perchance; perhaps.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English chance, cheance, chaunce, cheaunce, a borrowing from Old French cheance (“accident, chance, luck”), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”), from Latin cadere (“to fall, to die, to happen, occur”). Doublet of cadence and cadenza.
To happen by chance, to occur.
It chanced that I found a solution the very next day.
To befall; to happen to.
To try or risk.
Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?
To discover something by chance.
He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way.
To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
The car broke down a week after I bought it. I was chanced by that fast-talking salesman.
To take an opportunity from someone; to cut a queue.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English chancen, chauncen, from the noun (see above).
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