Idioms for chance

Origin of chance

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French chance, cheance < Vulgar Latin *cadentia a befalling, happening; see cadenza

SYNONYMS FOR chance

4 opening.
11 befall. See happen.
13 casual, fortuitous.

OTHER WORDS FROM chance

chance·less, adjective un·chanced, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for chance on

chance
/ (tʃɑːns) /

noun

verb

Derived forms of chance

chanceful, adjective chanceless, adjective

Word Origin for chance

C13: from Old French cheance, from cheoir to fall, occur, from Latin cadere

Idioms and Phrases with chance on (1 of 2)

chance on

Also, chance upon. Happen upon, find or meet accidentally, as in In Paris we chanced on a wonderful little restaurant, or Andrew chanced upon his karate teacher in the health-food store. [Mid-1500s]

Idioms and Phrases with chance on (2 of 2)

chance