chance (upon)

verb

Definition of chance (upon)next
1
as in to encounter
to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face chanced upon my archenemy as I rounded a corner

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2
as in to find
to come upon unexpectedly or by chance I chanced upon your mother in the grocery store yesterday

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chance (upon)
  1. encounter
  2. find
  3. meet
Verb
  • Building repairs can bring equipment or barriers into common areas, and unfinished work may leave a space looking different from the way residents normally encounter it.
    — Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Birds breeding in one part of the continent may travel one route and encounter one set of environmental conditions, while members of the same species experience a completely different set of conditions along another route.
    — Amy L. Scarpignato, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of encounter
Verb
  • The story centers on two ex-lovers who come back into each other’s lives after spending decades apart, only to find old feelings stirring with messy and mixed results.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Hall found that forecasting future consumer spending is virtually impossible.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of find
Verb
  • The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which oversees vehicle safety, largely relies on automakers to certify that their cars meet federal standards.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Even a slight misalignment could leave visible defects where colors meet, while four hotends introduce more components that could potentially fail.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of meet
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“Chance (upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chance%20%28upon%29. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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