chance
adjective/tʃɑːns/
/tʃæns/
[only before noun]- not planned synonym unplanned
- a chance meeting/encounter
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cheance, from cheoir ‘fall, befall’, based on Latin cadere.Definitions on the go
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