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Definitions: Bechance |
BechanceVerb1. Become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?". 2. Happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bechance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
Synonyms: BechanceSynonyms: befall (v), betide (v), happen (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Eventuality | Verb: happen, occur; take place, take effect; come, become of; come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on; pass, present itself; fall; fall out, turn out; run, be on foot, fall in; befall, betide, bechance; prove, eventuate, draw on; turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up; supervene, survene; issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course; pass off; (be past). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "bechance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Greek | συμβαίνω (befall, betide, chance, come about, fall out, fortune, go on, go on 1, go on 2, hap, happen, occur, pass off, transpire, turn up). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | echancebay траплятися (be, befall, betide, chance, come about, hap, occur, occur with, offer, take place, tide, turn up, worth), відбуватися випадково (adventure), випадати на долю (accrue to, befall). (various references) | ||||||||||
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Words beginning with "bechance": bechanced, bechances. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-e-e-h-n" | |
-2 letters: achene, chance, chebec. | |
-3 letters: beach, beech, bench, cache, hance, hence. | |
-4 letters: ache, acne, bach, bane, bean, been, bene, cane, ceca, each, eche, haen, hebe, nabe. | |
-5 letters: ace, ane, bah, ban, bee, ben, cab, can, cee, hae, hen, nab, nae, nah, neb, nee. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-c-e-e-h-n" | |
+1 letter: bechanced, bechances. | |
+3 letters: backbencher, backbenches, uncheckable. | |
+4 letters: backbenchers, buccaneerish. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 63 68 61 6E 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . -.-. .... .- -. -.-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01100011 01101000 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e c h a n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0063 0068 0061 006E 0063 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3671697467806971 |
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