CHANCE UPON/ON/ACROSS

Meaning of CHANCE UPON/ON/ACROSS in English

find or see by accident.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

UPON — sur; concernent(e), pri. IMMEDIATELY ~: che, a
English interlingue dictionary
UPON — diha
English-Visayan vocabulary
UPON — I. preposition Date: 12th century on , II. adverb Date: 13th century on the surface ; on it, thereafter , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UPON — I. ə|pȯn, ə|pän, ə(|)pən sometimes ˌə|p- preposition Etymology: Middle English uppon, upon, from uppe & up up + on, preposition …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHANCE — I. ˈchan(t)s, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French cheance, chance, from (assumed) Vulgar …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ACROSS — I. əˈkrȯs also -äs adverb Etymology: Middle English acrois, acros, from Anglo-French an crois, from an in, on (from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UPON — (prep.) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Английский словарь Webster
ACROSS — (adv.) From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.
Английский словарь Webster
ACROSS — (n.) From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge …
Английский словарь Webster
UPON — ( prep. ) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UPON — /euh pon", euh pawn"/ , prep. 1. up and on; upward so as to get or be on: He climbed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHANCE — — chanceless , adj. /chans, chahns/ , n. , v. , chanced, chancing , adj. n. 1. the absence of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ACROSS — /euh kraws", euh kros"/ , prep. 1. from one side to the other of: a bridge across a river. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UPON — prep. on, atop
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UPON — I. ə-ˈpȯn, -ˈpän preposition Date: 12th century : on II. ə-ˈpȯn, -ˈpän adverb Date: 13th century 1. obsolete : on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHANCE — I. ˈchan(t)s noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * cadentia fall, from Latin cadent-, cadens, present participle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ACROSS — I. ə-ˈkrȯs, chiefly dialect -ˈkrȯst adverb Etymology: Middle English acros, from Anglo-French an crois, from an in (from Latin in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UPON — prep on; used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Webster English vocab
CHANCE — adv by chance; perchance. 2. chance ·adj happening by chance; casual. 3. chance ·noun probability. 4. chance ·noun the operation …
Webster English vocab
ACROSS — adv obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. 2. across ·adv from side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across. 3. across …
Webster English vocab
UPON — ■ preposition more formal term for on . Origin ME: from up + on , suggested by ON upp á …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CHANCE — [chance] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. (assumed) VL cadentia fall, fr. L cadent-, cadens, prp. of cadere to fall; perh. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ACROSS — [across] adv [ME acros, fr. AF an crois, fr. an in (fr. L in) + crois cross, fr. L crux] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UPON — upon BrE AmE ə ˈpɒn AmE \ ə ˈpɑːn -ˈpɔːn —There is also an occasional weak form əp ə n
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UPON — / əˈpɒn; NAmE əˈpɑːn/ preposition 1. ( formal , especially BrE ) = on : The decision was based upon …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHANCE — / tʃɑːns; NAmE tʃæns/ noun , verb , adjective ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] chance of doing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ACROSS — / əˈkrɒs; NAmE əˈkrɔːs/ adverb , preposition ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of across in phrasal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — up ‧ on S2 W1 /əˈpɒn $ əˈpɑːn/ BrE AmE preposition formal [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Origin: up + on …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHANCE — I. chance 1 S1 W1 /tʃɑːns $ tʃæns/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ACROSS — a ‧ cross S1 W1 /əˈkrɒs $ əˈkrɒːs/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Anglo-French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UPON — prep. = ON. ° Upon is sometimes more formal, and is preferred in once upon a time and upon my …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHANCE — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a a possibility (just a chance we will catch the train). b (often in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ACROSS — prep. & adv. --prep. 1 to or on the other side of (walked across the road; lives across the river). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UPON — prep. = ON. ° Upon is sometimes more formal, and is preferred in once upon a time and upon my …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHANCE — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a a possibility (just a chance we will catch the train). b (often in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ACROSS — prep. & adv. prep. 1 to or on the other side of (walked across the road; lives across the river). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHANCE — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. a a possibility (just a chance we will catch the train). b (often in …
Oxford English vocab
ACROSS — prep. & adv. --prep. 1. to or on the other side of (walked across the road; lives across the river). …
Oxford English vocab
UPON — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHANCE — ( chances, chancing, chanced) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If there …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ACROSS — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ACROSS — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UPON — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES border on/upon obsession (= be almost as extreme as an obsession ) ▪ Sometimes his …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ACROSS — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a smile spreads across sb’s face (= they smile ) ▪ A faint smile spread …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UPON — preposition [slightly formal] - onThere was nothing upon the table but a few old plates.Upon her head she wore a …
Cambridge English vocab
ACROSS — [adverb] [not gradable], preposition - from one side to the other of (something with clear limits, such as an area …
Cambridge English vocab
UPON — Synonyms and related words : about, above, after which, against, anent, apropos of, as for, as regards, as respects, as …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHANCE — Synonyms and related words : a leg up, accidental, accidentally, advantage, adventitious, adventure, aleatoric, aleatory, amorphous, appear, approach, aptitude, aptness, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHANCE — See: BY CHANCE, FAT CHANCE, STAND A CHANCE, TAKE A CHANCE.
Slang English vocab
ACROSS — I. adverb 1. so as to intersect the length of something cut the board across Synonyms: athwart, crossways, crosswise 2. …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UPON — • ↑ on/upon receipt of
Longman Activator English vocab
CHANCE — INDEX: when something happens by chance 1. when something happens without being planned 2. happening by chance 3. when things …
Longman Activator English vocab
CHANCE — See ↑ CHANCE 2,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ an outside chance • ↑ blow it/blow your chance • ↑ by chance …
Longman Activator English vocab
ACROSS — See ↑ ACROSS 1, ↑ OPPOSITE 6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ 2 miles across/20 metres across etc • ↑ cut across
Longman Activator English vocab
ACROSS — INDEX: 1. ACROSS RELATED WORDS to go across a place : ↑ GO on the other side of something : …
Longman Activator English vocab
CHANCE — n. 25B6; noun there was a chance he might be released : POSSIBILITY, prospect, probability, likelihood, likeliness, expectation, anticipation; risk, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHANCE — n. 1 fortune, luck, fate We met, as chance would have it, at the supermarket Life is but a game …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Concise Oxford English vocab

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