OTHER WORDS FOR chance
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Idioms about chance
Origin of chance
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English chaunce, chance, chea(u)nce, from Old French chance, cheance from unattested Vulgar Latin cadentia “a befalling, happening”; see cadenza
synonym study for chance
11. See happen.
OTHER WORDS FROM chance
chance·less, adjectiveun·chanced, adjectiveWords nearby chance
Champollion, Champs Élysées, Ch'an, Chanaan, chanc., chance, chanceful, chance it, chancel, chancellery, chancellor
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How to use chance in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for chance
chance
/ (tʃɑːns) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of chance
chanceful, adjectivechanceless, adjectiveWord Origin for chance
C13: from Old French cheance, from cheoir to fall, occur, from Latin cadere
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