chance

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/t͡ʃɑːns/ [t͡ʃʰɑːns]]

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1. chance (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To happen by chance, to occur.

Example: It chanced that I found a solution the very next day.

2. chance (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To befall; to happen to.

Example: […] while the King and Godwine sate at the table, accompanied with others of the nobilitie, it chanced the cupbearer (as he brought wine to the bourd) to slip with the one foote, and yet by good strength of his other leg, to recover himselfe without falling […]

3. chance (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To try or risk.

Example: Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?

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