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English
Noun
chaunce (plural chaunces)
- Archaic spelling of chance.
Verb
chaunce (third-person singular simple present chaunces, present participle chauncing, simple past and past participle chaunced)
- Archaic spelling of chance.
Anagrams
Middle English
- chance, chanse, chauns, chaunse, chaunche, cheance, cheaunce, cheiance, schaunce
- chanse, chaunsse, chawnce (Late Middle English)
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cheaunce, chaunce, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃau̯ns(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃans(ə)/
Noun
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:
- The (numerical) result of a dice throw.
- (rare) Power or authority over one's fate.
- A scenario or situation; a state of affairs.
- A chance or option; an opening for change.
- A bold or daring undertaking or feat.
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