chance

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.1.1 Translations to be checked 1.5 References 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 3 Portuguese 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Related terms 4 Spanish 4.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• RP: IPA: /tʃɑːns/
• US: IPA: /tʃæns/
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  Rhymes: -ɑːns

[edit] Etymology

From Old French cheance < Vulgar Latin cadentia < Latin cadentem.

[edit] Noun

chance (plural chances)

1. (countable) An opportunity or possibility.

   We have the chance

2. (uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.

   Why leave it to chance when a few simple steps will secure the desired outcome?

3. (countable) The probability of something happening.

   There is a 30% chance of rain tomorrow.

[edit] Derived terms

• fat chance
• half a chance
• take a chance/take a chance on

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[edit] Verb

to chance (third-person singular simple present chances, present participle chancing, simple past and past participle chanced)

1. To try or risk.

   Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance it?

2. To discover something by chance.

   He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way.

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[edit] Translations to be checked

• Dutch: wagen n.

[edit] References

• “chance” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• "chance" in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃɑ̃s/
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[edit] Noun

chance f. (plural chances)

1. chance
2. luck

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• avoir de la chance
• chanceux

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Noun

chance

1. Probability.

[edit] Related terms

• Sem chance.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

chance f. (plural chances)

1. chance