English > chance event: 1 sense > noun 1, event| Meaning | Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause. |
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| Synonyms | accident, stroke, fortuity |
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| Narrower | break, good luck, happy chance | An unexpected piece of good luck |
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| coincidence, happenstance | An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental |
| hap | An accidental happening |
| lottery | Something that is regarded as a chance event |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
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| Spanish | accidente, azar, casualidad, coincidencia |
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| Catalan | accident, atzar, casualitat, coincidència |
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