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1. [ʹhæpən|stɑ:ns,-{ʹhæpən}stəns] nслучайное происшествие, случайность2. [ʹhæpən|stɑ:ns,-{ʹhæpən}stəns] aслучайныйa happenstance witness - случайный /невольный/ свидетель
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Общая лексика: случайность (A combination of "Happen" and "Circumstance". Пример: "It was by happenstance that I came by here today.") -
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Общая лексика: случайность (A combination of "Happen" and "Circumstance". Пример: "It was by happenstance that I came by here today.") -
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1. n случайное происшествие, случайность2. a случайныйСинонимический ряд:accident (noun) accident; contingency; exigency; fortuity; incident; luck; predicament; serendipity -
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[ˏhæpən`stæns]случайное происшествие, случайностьАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > happenstance
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(noun), happen + instanceслучайное происшествие, случайностьАнгло-русский словарь. Современные тенденции в словообразовании. Контаминанты. > Happenstance
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Общая лексика: невольный свидетель, случайный свидетельУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > a happenstance witness
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1. n случайность; случайis he, by any chance, behind this scheme? — не он, случайно, выдвинул этот план?
he goes as chance directs him — он идёт, куда глаза глядят
to leave smth. to chance — предоставить дело случаю
2. n удобный случай, возможность3. n счастливый случай, удача, счастье4. n шанс, вероятность, возможностьhe has every chance — он имеет все основания; у него есть все шансы
5. n рискtaking a chance — рискующий; риск
6. n билет вещевой лотереи7. n книжн. судьба; превратности судьбыall the changes and chances of this mortal life — все превратности и случайности нашей бренной жизни
to have an eye to the main chance — чуять, где можно поживиться ; ловить момент
8. a случайныйchance error — случайная ошибка; несистематическая ошибка
9. v рискнуть10. v случиться, случайно произойтиit chanced that he lost — вышло так, что он проиграл
it chanced that I was out when he called — случилось так, что, когда он пришёл, меня не было дома
11. v случайно наткнуться на; обнаружить, найтиСинонимический ряд:1. accidental (adj.) accidental; casual; coincidental; contingent; fluky; fortuitous; haphazard; inadvertent; incidental; lucky; odd; unintentional; unplanned2. random (adj.) arbitrary; capricious; random; whimsical; wilful3. risky (adj.) chancy; hazardous; risky; speculative; uncertain; venturesome4. accident (noun) accident; coincidence; fluke; fortuity; hap; happenstance5. fate (noun) bad luck; destiny; fate; fortuitousness; fortune; good luck; luck; outcome; throw6. opportunity (noun) adventure; break; look-in; occasion; opening; opportunity; shot; show; squeak; time7. outlook (noun) contingency; likelihood; likeliness; odds; outlook; possibility; probability; prospect8. risk (noun) danger; gamble; hazard; jeopardy; peril; risk; speculation; venture; wager9. gamble (verb) adventure; gamble; hazard; plunge; risk; speculate; venture; wager10. happen (verb) betide; break; bump; come; come off; develop; do; fall out; give; go; hap; happen; hit; light; luck; meet; pass; rise; stumble; transpire; tumble11. occur (verb) arrive; befall; come about; light upon; occur; take place; turn upАнтонимический ряд:assurance; certainty; consequence; design; foreseen; inevitability; intention; law; necessity; plan; purpose; rule; scheme; secure; sequence -
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1. n вероятность, возможность2. n случай, случайность; непредвиденное обстоятельство3. n косм. аварийная ситуация4. n непредвиденные расходы5. n стат. сопряжённость признаковСинонимический ряд:1. accessory (noun) accessory; incidental; nonessential2. accident (noun) accident; fortuity; happenstance; incident; luck; predicament; serendipity3. contact (noun) contact; touch4. eventuality (noun) chance; circumstance; event; eventuality; likelihood; occasion; odds; possibility; potentiality; probability5. juncture (noun) crisis; crossroads; emergency; exigency; fluke; juncture; pass; pinch; strait; surprise; turning point; zero hourАнтонимический ряд:essential; impossibility -
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n книжн. случайность; случайСинонимический ряд:accident (noun) accident; chance; contingency; exigency; fluke; fortuitousness; fortune; hap; happenstance; incident; luck; predicament; serendipity -
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n книжн. счастливая способность к открытиям; интуитивная прозорливостьСинонимический ряд:1. accident (noun) accident; contingency; exigency; happenstance; incident; predicament2. chance (noun) chance; coincidence; fortuity; fortune; luck; providence
См. также в других словарях:
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happenstance — UK [ˈhæpənˌstæns] / US noun Word forms happenstance : singular happenstance plural happenstances literary a) [uncountable] the fact that something happens by chance, usually something good b) [countable] something good that happens by chance … English dictionary
happenstance — noun Etymology: happen + circumstance Date: 1897 a circumstance especially that is due to chance • happenstance adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
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