English Dictionary

chance

/t͡ʃæns/

verb

(archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur. / (archaic, transitive) To befall; to happen to. / To try or risk. / To discover something by chance. / (Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.

I chanced upon an old friend at the grocery store.

意味（1）

(archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur.

It chanced that I found a solution the very next day.

意味（2）

(archaic, transitive) To befall; to happen to.

[…] while the King and Godwine sate at the table, accompanied with others of the nobilitie, it chanced the cupbearer (as he brought wine to the bourd) to slip with the one foote, and yet by good strength of his other leg, to recover himselfe without falling […]

意味（3）

To try or risk.

Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?

意味（4）

To discover something by chance.

I chanced on this letter.

意味（5）

(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.