· a casual meeting with a person or thing
Synonym(s): encounter
Hypernym(s): joining, connection, connexion
· find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
Synonym(s): fall_upon, strike, light_upon, chance_upon, come_across, chance_on, happen_upon, attain, discover
· take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"
Synonym(s): enter_upon, luck_into