happening+by+chance
11chance happening — index happenstance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12chance-med|ley — «CHANS MEHD lee, CHAHNS », noun. Law. accidental homicide in which some blame is attached to the killer. ╂[< Anglo French chance medlée mixed chance (happening) < Old French cheance chance, and medler meddle] …
13happening — (n.) mid 15c., chance, luck, from prp. of HAPPEN (Cf. happen); meaning occurrence is 1550s. Sense of spontaneous event or display is from 1959 in the argot of artists. Happenings events was noted by Fowler as a vogue word from c.1905 …
14happening — [n] occurrence accident, adventure, affair, case, chance, circumstance, episode, event, experience, go*, incident, milestone, occasion, phenomenon, proceeding, scene, thing*; concept 4 Ant. method, plan, system …
15chance event — index happening Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
16chance — 1 noun 1 POSSIBILITY (C, U) how possible or likely it is that something will happen, especially something that you want: chance/chances of: What are her chances of survival? | there s a chance (that): There s always the chance that something will …
17chance — chance1 W1S1 [tʃa:ns US tʃæns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(possibility)¦ 2¦(opportunity)¦ 3¦(risk)¦ 4¦(likely to succeed)¦ 5¦(luck)¦ 6 stand/have a chance (of something/of doing something) 7 by any chance 8 any chance of ...? 9 be in with a chance …
18chance — I n. opportunity possibility 1) to have, stand a chance of (she has a good chance of success; he doesn t have a ghost of a chance) 2) to let a chance slip by; to miss one s chance 3) an earthly, poor, slight, slim; even; fair; fighting; good;… …
19chance — chance1 [ tʃæns ] noun *** 1. ) count usually singular an opportunity for you to do something, especially something that you want to do: OPPORTUNITY: chance for: The meetings are very short, so there is little chance for real discussion. the… …
20chance — I UK [tʃɑːns] / US [tʃæns] noun Word forms chance : singular chance plural chances *** 1) a) [countable, usually singular] an opportunity for you to do something, especially something that you want to do get/have a chance: We work together… …
