chance
To try or riskTo try or risk.
» Don't let this chance slip by.
Lass dir diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen.
Не упусти этот шанс.
Не упустите этот шанс.
Не змарнуй цієї можливості.
Не загуби цей шанс.
Meaning
6 sensesTo try or risk.
Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?
riskieren, wagen
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
To discover something by chance.
He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way.
(Belize)To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
The car broke down a week after I bought it. I was chanced by that fast-talking salesman.
(Nigeria)To take an opportunity from someone; to cut a queue.
(archaic, intransitive)To happen by chance, to occur.
It chanced that I found a solution the very next day.
be the case by chance
(archaic, transitive)To befall; to happen to.
Examples
4208 sentencesDon't let this chance slip by.
Не змарнуй цієї можливості.
ruНе упусти этот шанс.
deLass dir diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen.
I will give him another chance.
Я йому дам другий шанс.
ruЯ дам ему еще один шанс.
deIch gebe ihm noch eine Chance.
We have little chance of winning.
В нас мало шансів виграти.
ruУ нас мало шансов выиграть.
deWir haben wenig Aussichten zu gewinnen.
I haven't had a chance yet.
Я ще не мав такої можливості.
Just give me a chance, OK?
Просто дай мені шанс, гаразд?
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English chancen, chauncen, from the noun (see above).From Middle English chancen, chauncen, from the noun (see above).
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Forms
chances, chancing, chanced, chancedSynonyms
22 synonyms- take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome:gambleriskhazardtake chancesadventurerun a risktake a chance
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with:findhappenbumpencounter
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- a chance to
- a good chance
- there any chance
- have a chance
- chance to do
- there's a chance
- any chance
- good chance
- good chance that
- get a chance
- chance of winning
- the chance to