CHANCE ON as VERB

1. Meaning
   • find unexpectedly
   Synonym(s)
   • attain (what does attain mean?)
   • chance upon (what does chance upon mean?)
   • come across (what does come across mean?)
   • come upon (what does come upon mean?)
   • discover (what does discover mean?)
   • fall upon (what does fall upon mean?)
   • happen upon (what does happen upon mean?)
   • light upon (what does light upon mean?)
   • strike (what does strike mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
   • she struck a goldmine
   • The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
   Hypernyms(s) chance on is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • regain (what does regain mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • discovery (what does discovery mean?)
   • find (what does find mean?)
   • uncovering (what does uncovering mean?)