chaunce
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
chaunce (plural chaunces)
Verb[edit]
chaunce (third-person singular simple present chaunces, present participle chauncing, simple past and past participle chaunced)
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- chance, chanse, chauns, chaunse, chaunche, cheance, cheaunce, cheiance, schaunce
- chanse, chaunsse, chawnce (Late Middle English)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cheaunce, chaunce, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chaunce (plural chaunces) (somewhat literary)
- An (especially random) event or occurrence:
- An eventuality or possibility; a potential event.
- A (life-changingly) lucky or unlucky event.
- Luck, chance, fate:
- A scenario or situation; a state of affairs.
- A chance or option; an opening for change.
- A bold or daring undertaking or feat.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “chaunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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