verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of chance form-of, participle, past

   "He chanced upon the definition when leafing through the dictionary."

Synonyms

All synonyms

acceptedassumedin handin processin progressin the works

Example

More examples

"I chanced to meet him at the airport."

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