• v.
    ⦿find unexpectedly
    lexical concept
  • The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
  • she struck a goldmine
  • the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:come across
  2. enl:fall upon
  3. enl:happen upon
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wn:interlingual indexili:i33166

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • attainchance onchance uponcome acrosscome upondiscoverfall uponhappen uponlight uponstrike
  • chance onchance uponfall uponhappen uponlight upon