A chance is what many long for when they are disgusted with life. They think that now, being will make a turn, and everything will be different. You just have to wait for the opportunity and not miss the turn. Just like in a song! Others skip and generally stop following the road, but this should not be done. Remember that life is a constant movement. However, to the point.
Origin
We do not know whether it occurred to the reader why the words in English, French, and Russian are so similar. Let's compare:
- chance;
- chance (English);
- chance (french).
We were not mistaken and did not copy the word. In English and French, “chance” is the same word. This is the so-called tracing paper. And now a little history.
The sources say the following: the word was borrowed from French in the XIX century. By the way, in Old French it was written a little differently - “cheance” and meant “a lucky throw or a bet of a player”, apparently, also a happy one. The word has Latin roots and goes back to "cadentia" - "fall" (dice). Thus, the same spelling of an English and a French noun can be explained in two ways: firstly, the influence of the French language on English is widely known. The latter has many French words; secondly, the presence of a common Latin ancestor. The first hypothesis is more likely than the second: you never know who and who have common relatives, this still does not mean anything.
Value
But the word "chance" is not only history, it is also a modern meaning. Of course, everyone now knows the meaning of the noun. Moreover, many, like God, are waiting for his appearance: when will they, the poor fellow, have a chance. But expectation, unfortunately, does not bring the phenomenon closer. A chance is something to work on just like in a game of sports. A team or player paves the way for a long time in order to make a decisive blow. If you have a chance to wait, then it may not happen. Here you should not rely on the mercy of fate. However, the reader must have understood everything and is eager to clarify the meaning of the word "chance". We hasten to reveal it: the probable possibility of doing something.
But the sloths do not want to disappoint and say that they have been ordered a path to happiness. No, sometimes life throws a jackpot. True, this mainly happens in the cinema or in the presence of wealthy relatives who, due to folly or because of their death, leave their capital to the sloth, and he, perked up, makes millions of them. True, there is one “but”: if a person does not know how to work, how will he seize the opportunity that fell on the wheel of Fortune? The issue is controversial and open.
Synonyms
The object of research is a word that captures and generates an almost infinite number of associations. But we need to control ourselves and tell the reader what the word “chance” is synonymous with:
- probability;
- perspective;
- opportunity;
- Lucky case.
If the reader thinks that we were too lazy and did not find other replacements, then he can try to search for it. But we assure him: the likelihood that he will find something else is small.
You can still talk a lot about chance and how important it is not to miss it. But one thing is clear: you need to work all the time so that he introduces himself. And the rest is a matter of technology: there is an opportunity, it must be used if there is a desire. No desire - skip by.