"chance upon" meaning in All languages combined

See chance upon on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɑːns əˌpɒn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈt͡ʃæns-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈt͡ʃæns əˌpɑn/ [General-American], /-ˌpɔn/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-chance upon.ogg Forms: chances upon [present, singular, third-person], chancing upon [participle, present], chanced upon [participle, past], chanced upon [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chance upon (third-person singular simple present chances upon, present participle chancing upon, simple past and past participle chanced upon)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: chance on, come across, happen on, stumble upon Translations (to find (someone or something) by chance): τυχαίνω (tychaíno) (Greek), belebotlik (Hungarian), ráakad (Hungarian), rábukkan (Hungarian), matawhaia (Maori), tūpono (Maori), natrafiać [imperfective] (Polish), natrafić [perfective] (Polish), natykać się [imperfective] (Polish), natknąć się [perfective] (Polish), napotykać [imperfective] (Polish), napotkać [perfective] (Polish), wpadać [imperfective] (Polish), wpaść [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "stumble upon"
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          "roman": "tychaíno",
          "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
          "word": "τυχαίνω"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
          "word": "belebotlik"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
          "word": "ráakad"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
          "word": "rábukkan"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
          "word": "matawhaia"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
          "word": "tūpono"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "natrafiać"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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        },
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          "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
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          "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
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        "To find (someone or something) by chance."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance."
      ],
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          "word": "chance on"
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          "word": "come across"
        },
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          "word": "stumble upon"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃæns-/",
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tychaíno",
      "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
      "word": "τυχαίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
      "word": "belebotlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
      "word": "ráakad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
      "word": "rábukkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
      "word": "matawhaia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
      "word": "tūpono"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "natrafiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "natrafić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "natykać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "natknąć się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "napotykać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "napotkać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wpadać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to find (someone or something) by chance",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wpaść"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chance upon"
}

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