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101chance on — also[chance upon] {v.} To happen to find or meet; find or meet by accident. * /On our vacation we chanced upon an interesting antique store./ * /Mary dropped her ring in the yard, and Mother chanced on it as she was raking./ Syn.: HAPPEN ON.… …
102Chance — noun an American pet form of Chauncey, in modern usage also associated with the word chance …
103Chance — 1. [günstige] Gelegenheit, günstiger Augenblick/Moment, Möglichkeit, Weg; (bildungsspr.): Kairos; (veraltet): Okkasion. 2. Aussicht [auf Erfolg], Erfolgsaussicht, Glück, Glücksfall; (bildungsspr.): Perspektive. * * *… …
104chance on — (Roget s Thesaurus II) (or upon) verb To find or meet by chance: bump into, come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on. Archaic: alight on (or upon). Idiom …
105Chance — Chancef(franzausgesprochen;auchwie»Schanxe«) 1.pl=Erfolgsaussichten(beiBewerbungumeineStelle,beimanderenGeschlechtusw.).Ausfranz»chance=Glücksfall«.19.Jh. 2.dickeChance=großeErfolgsaussicht.1920ff. 3.faustdickeChance=sehrguteErfolgsaussicht.1920ff… …
106Chance — Chan|ce [ ʃã:sə, auch ʃã:s] die; , n <aus fr. chance »Glücksfall«, eigtl. »(glücklicher) Wurf im Würfelspiel«, zu lat. cadere »fallen«>: 1. a) Glückswurf, Glücksfall; b) günstige Gelegenheit. 2. [gute] Aussicht; ei jmdm. Ch …
107chance — [13] Like the related case, chance originally meant ‘that which befalls (by accident, also a relative)’. It comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *cadēre, a descendant of Latin cadere ‘fall’ (source of English cadence and cadenza). This passed into… …
108CHANCE — the unforeseen. In Greek RELIGION chance was deified and eventually venerated as GOOD fortune …
109chance\ it — v. phr. To be willing to risk an action whose outcome is uncertain. Should we take the boat out in such stormy weather? Jim asked. We can chance it, Tony replied. We have enough experience …
110chance — sb. == condition, fortune. RG. 465 == chance [cheance]. RG. 210 …
