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bump into
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen upon |
| Synonyms: | chance upon, come across, encounter, hit, light, light upon, luck, meet, meet up with, run across, run into, stumble, tumble |
| Main Entry: | happen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to pass; occur |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, arrive, be found, become a fact, become known, become of, befall, betide, bump, chance, come about, come after, come into being, come into existence, come off, crop up, develop, down, ensue, eventuate, fall, follow, go on, hit, issue, light, luck, materialize, meet, pass, present itself, proceed, recur, result, shake, smoke*, spring, stumble, stumble upon, supervene, take effect, take place, transpire, turn out, turn up, what goes |
| Notes: | happen means to come to pass or occur; transpire means to come to be known or come to light |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen on |
| Synonyms: | accost, affront, brush against, bump into, chance on, clash, collide, come across, come up against, confront, contact, cross, dig up, encounter, engage, experience, face, fall in with, find, front, get together, grapple, greet, hit, light, luck*, make a meet, meet face to face, rendezvous with, rub eyeballs, run across, run into, run up against, salute, see, strike, stumble, touch shoulders, tumble, tussle, wrestle |
| Antonyms: | miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen upon |
| Synonyms: | blunder upon, bump, chance, chance upon, come across, come up against, discover, encounter, fall upon, find, hit, light, light upon, luck*, meet, run across, stub toe on, tumble, turn up |
| Antonyms: | lose, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | predestinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | Moirai, break*, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destine, destiny, divine will, doom, effect, end, ending, foreordain, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, inescapableness, issue, karma*, kismet*, lot, luck, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestination, predestine, predetermine, preordain, providence, stars*, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | predestine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | Moirai, break*, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destine, destiny, divine will, doom, effect, end, ending, foreordain, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, inescapableness, issue, karma*, kismet*, lot, luck, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestinate, predestination, predetermine, preordain, providence, stars*, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance. |
| Category: | 1. Conceptional Volition |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
chance; lot, fate (necessity); luck; good luck (good); mascot., speculation, venture, stake, game of chance; mere shot, random shot; blind bargain, leap in the dark; pig in a poke (uncertainty); fluke, potluck; faro bank; flyer; limit., drawing lots; sortilegy, sortition; sortes, sortes Virgilianae; rouge et noir, hazard, ante, chuck-a-luck, crack-loo [U.S.], craps, faro, roulette, pitch and toss, chuck, farthing, cup tossing, heads or talls, cross and pile, poker-dice; wager; bet, betting; gambling; the turf., gaming house, gambling house, betting house; bucket shop; joint; totalizator, totalizer; hell; betting ring; dice, dice box; dicer; gambler, gamester; man of the turf; adventurer.
-verbs
chance (hap); stand a chance (be possible)., toss up; cast lots, draw lots; leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to the chapter of accidents, trust to the chapter of accidents; tempt fortune; chance it, take one's chance; run the risk, run the chance, incur the risk, incur the chance, encounter the risk, encounter the chance; stand the hazard of the die., speculate, try one's luck, set on a cast, raffle, put into a lottery, buy a pig in a poke, shuffle the cards., risk, venture, hazard, stake; ante; lay, lay a wager; make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for; play at chuck farthing.
-adjectives
fortuitous; unintentional, unintended; accidental; not meant; undesigned, purposed; unpremeditated; unforeseen, never thought of., indiscriminate, promiscuous; undirected, random; aimless, driftless, designless, purposeless, causeless; without purpose., possible.
-adverbs
casually; unintentionally; unwittingly., en passant, by the way, incidentally; as it may happen; at random, at a venture, at haphazard.
-phrases
acierta errando; dextro tempore; "fearful concatenation of circumstances" [D. Webster]; "fortuitous combination of circumstances" [Dickens]; le jeu est le fils d'avarice et le pere du desespoic; "the happy combination of fortuitous circumstances" [Scott]; "the fortuitous or casual concourse of
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