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Definition of chance adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chance

adjective
 
/tʃɑːns/
 
/tʃæns/
[only before noun]
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  1. not planned synonym unplanned
    • a chance meeting/encounter
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cheance, from cheoir ‘fall, befall’, based on Latin cadere.
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