Translation
chance, opportunity
Word origin
Borrowed from French chance, which goes back to Latin cadentia, the falling of the dice. A chance was literally how the dice fell, and English cadence descends from the same word.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- cadentia
- English cognates
- chance, cadence
Examples
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That is your last chance.
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He did not have a chance to reply.
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Give me one more chance.
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