Meaning
An opportunity or possibility.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
From Middle English chance, cheance, chaunce, cheaunce, a borrowing from Old French cheance (“accident, chance, luck”), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”), from Latin cadere (“to fall, to die, to happen, occur”). Doublet of cadence and cadenza.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 12 recorded puzzles: