BY ANY CHANCE

Meaning of BY ANY CHANCE in English

used especially in questions, to ask whether sth is true, possible, etc. :

Are you in love with him, by any chance?

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BY ANY CHANCE — possibly. → chance
Concise Oxford English vocab
BY ANY CHANCE — see chance
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY ANY CHANCE — see chance
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BY ANY CHANCE — 1. возможно; 2. случайно
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
BY ANY CHANCE — 1. возможно; 2. случайно
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
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
BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANY — I. |enē, -ni sometimes _ən- or, after t or d, ə n- adjective Etymology: Middle English any, eny, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHANCE — — chanceless , adj. /chans, chahns/ , n. , v. , chanced, chancing , adj. n. 1. the absence of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANY — /en"ee/ , adj. 1. one, a, an, or some; one or more without specification or identification: If you have any …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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
BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANY — I. ˈe-nē adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣnig; akin to Old High German einag any, Old English ān …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHANCE — adv by chance; perchance. 2. chance ·adj happening by chance; casual. 3. chance ·noun probability. 4. chance ·noun the operation …
Webster English vocab
BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
Webster English vocab
ANY — adv to any extent; in any degree; at all. 2. any (·adj & ·pron) one indifferently, out of an indefinite …
Webster 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
ANY — [any] adj [ME, fr. OE aenig; akin to OHG einag any, OE an one--more at one] (bef. 12c) 1: one …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHANCE — / tʃɑːns; NAmE tʃæns/ noun , verb , adjective ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] chance of doing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — / baɪ; NAmE / preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANY — / ˈeni; NAmE / determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner 1. used with uncountable or plural nouns in negative …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHANCE — I. chance 1 S1 W1 /tʃɑːns $ tʃæns/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BY — I. by 1 S1 W1 /baɪ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: be , bi ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ANY — I. an ‧ y 1 S1 W1 /ˈeni/ BrE AmE determiner , pronoun 1 . [usually in questions and negatives] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHANCE — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a a possibility (just a chance we will catch the train). b (often in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ANY — adj., pron., & adv. --adj. 1 (with interrog., neg., or conditional expressed or implied) a one, no matter which, of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHANCE — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a a possibility (just a chance we will catch the train). b (often in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BY — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ANY — adj., pron., & adv. adj. 1 (with interrog., neg., or conditional expressed or implied) a one, no matter which, of …
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
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Oxford English vocab
ANY — adj., pron., & adv. --adj. 1. (with interrog., neg., or conditional expressed or implied) a one, no matter which, of …
Oxford English vocab
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
BY — The preposition is pronounced /baɪ/. The adverb is pronounced /baɪ/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use any in statements with …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ in statements with …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CHANCE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ANY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ANY — (AT ALL) [adverb] [not gradable] - at all or in the leastCan't you run any faster?This television doesn't look any …
Cambridge English vocab
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
CHANCE
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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
ANY
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
ANY — adj. 25B6; determiner is there any cake left? : SOME, a piece/part/bit of. it doesn't make any difference : THE …
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
CHANCE — See: BY CHANCE, FAT CHANCE, STAND A CHANCE, TAKE A CHANCE.
Словарь английских идиом
ANY — I adverb BAD : People go there when they are not able any more to look after themselves. GOOD : …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
CHANCE — 1. сущ. 1) случайность, неожиданное событие, случай, непредвиденное обстоятельство Syn : fortuity, luck, contingency 2) судьба, счастье, удача; удачное стечение …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BY — 1. предл. 1) а) у, при, около a home by a lake ≈ дом рядом с озером Syn : near …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ANY — 1. мест.; неопред. 1) какой-нибудь (в вопросительных и условных предложениях) Did you meet any difficulties? ≈ Столкнулись ли вы с …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHANCE — chance.ogg 1. tʃɑ:ns n 1. случайность; случай rare happy, unexpected chance - редкий счастливый, неожиданный случай by chance - случайно …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BY — 1. baı a 1. лежащий в стороне 2. второстепенный, необязательный 2. baı adv 1. мимо he passed by without a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ANY — any.ogg 1. ʹenı a 1. в вопросительных и условных предложениях 1> какой-нибудь did you meet any difficulties? - были ли …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHANCE — 1) возможность, удача, случай, шанс, судьба 2) случайность, неожиданность 3) риск, использование шанса || рискнуть, использовать шанс 4) случайный, непредвиденный 5) происходить, случаться • element of …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BY — by предл.1) у, при, около, возле, рядом с (нахождение или действие вблизи чего-л.) a home by a lake — дом …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CHANCE — 1. tʃɑ:ns n 1. случайность; случай rare happy, unexpected chance - редкий счастливый, неожиданный случай by chance - случайно by …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BY — 1. baı a 1. лежащий в стороне 2. второстепенный, необязательный 2. baı adv 1. мимо he passed by without a …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ANY — 1. ʹenı a 1. в вопросительных и условных предложениях 1> какой-нибудь did you meet any difficulties? - были ли у …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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