chance

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An opportunity or possibility.
2. Random occurrence; luck.
3. The probability of something happening.
4. probability; possibility.
5. What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.

Adj

Happening by chance, casual.

Adv

Perchance; perhaps.

Verb

1. To happen by chance, to occur.
2. To befall; to happen to.
3. To try or risk.
4. To discover something by chance.
5. To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
6. To take an opportunity from someone; to cut a queue.

Concepten

kans

mogelijkheid

toeval

gelegenheid

wagen

toevallig

toevalligheid

incidenteel

gebeurtenis

geval

geluk

uitzicht

vooruitzicht

fortuin

gebeuren

voorval

accidenteel

bijkomstig

risico

occasion

contingentie

lukraak

aangelegenheid

belevenis

evenement

incident

wedervaren

instantie

voorbeeld

Samenloop

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/t͡ʃæns/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.