Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Happening by chance, casual.

    zufällig

More definitions
  • occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

Examples

4208 sentences
  1. Don't let this chance slip by.

    Не змарнуй цієї можливості. — brambury

    ruНе упусти этот шанс. — afyodor

    deLass dir diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen. — al_ex_an_der

  2. I will give him another chance.

    Я йому дам другий шанс. — deniko

    ruЯ дам ему еще один шанс. — odexed

    deIch gebe ihm noch eine Chance. — Manfredo

  3. We have little chance of winning.

    В нас мало шансів виграти. — iceman

    ruУ нас мало шансов выиграть. — igor_chubin

    deWir haben wenig Aussichten zu gewinnen. — Dejo

  4. I haven't had a chance yet.

    Я ще не мав такої можливості. — deniko

  5. Just give me a chance, OK?

    Просто дай мені шанс, гаразд? — shanghainese

Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
happening by chance:

Origin

From Middle English chance, cheance, chaunce, cheaunce, a borrowing from Old French cheanc

From Middle English chance, cheance, chaunce, cheaunce, a borrowing from Old French cheance (“accident, chance, luck”), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”), from Latin cadere (“to fall, to die, to happen, occur”). Doublet of cadence and cadenza.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • occurring or appearing or singled out by chance:casual

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

See also

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