chance
/tʃɑːns/
#859 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
A time when something might happen; a possibility.
Word origin
From Old French cheance, meaning a fall of the dice or how things fall out.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- cheance
Grammar
Gender
Pluralchances
Examples
.
"Chance" means something might happen.
Everyone .
"Chances" is the plural, meaning more than one chance.
.
Here "chance" is the time when winning is possible.
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueThis word is part of lesson 18.