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I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake of precedent the Senate should beware of binding itself to support the acts of any man, since he might through some mischance suffer a change.
Tiberius

Meaning of "mischance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MISCHANCE

mischance  [mɪsˈtʃɑːns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISCHANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mischance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MISCHANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mischance in the English dictionary

The definition of mischance in the dictionary is bad luck. Other definition of mischance is a stroke of bad luck.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISCHANCE


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ədˈvɑːns
Afrikaans
ˌæfrɪˈkɑːns
bechance
bɪˈtʃɑːns
chance
tʃɑːns
dance
dɑːns
elance
ɪˈlɑːns
enhance
ɪnˈhɑːns
France
frɑːns
freelance
ˈfriːˌlɑːns
glance
ɡlɑːns
happenchance
ˈhæpənˌtʃɑːns
kans
kɑːns
lance
lɑːns
mumchance
ˈmʌmˌtʃɑːns
nuance
njuːˈɑːns
off-chance
ˈɒftʃɑːns
perchance
pəˈtʃɑːns
rance
rɑːns
trance
trɑːns
transe
trɑːns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISCHANCE

miscellaneous items
miscellaneously
miscellaneousness
miscellanies
miscellanist
miscellany
misch metal
mischanceful
mischancy
mischanter
mischaracterise
mischaracterize
mischarge
mischief
mischief-maker
mischievous
mischievously
mischievousness
mischoice
mischoose

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISCHANCE

a dog´s chance
appearance
assistance
balance
Buckley´s chance
by chance
compliance
distance
fighting chance
hance
not a cat in hell´s chance
off chance
on the chance
on the off chance
on the off-chance
outside chance
snaphance
stand a chance
the main chance
treble chance

Synonyms and antonyms of mischance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MISCHANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mischance» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mischance

Translation of «mischance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISCHANCE

Find out the translation of mischance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mischance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mischance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不巧
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mischance
570 millions of speakers

English

mischance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आफ़त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

несчастье
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mischance
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুর্ভাগ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

malchance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelemahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unglücklicher Zufall
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不運
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mischance
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vận rủi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துரதிர்ஷ்டம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुर्व्यवहार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tâlihsizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disgrazia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pech
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нещастя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nenorocul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ατυχία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongelukkiger
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mischance
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ulykken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mischance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISCHANCE»

The term «mischance» is normally little used and occupies the 112.143 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISCHANCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mischance

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2 QUOTES WITH «MISCHANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mischance.
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Marie de France
Great were the lamentation and the cry when the news of this mischance was noised about the city. Such a tumult of mourning was never before heard, for the whole city was moved.
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Tiberius
I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake of precedent the Senate should beware of binding itself to support the acts of any man, since he might through some mischance suffer a change.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISCHANCE»

Discover the use of mischance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mischance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Prince of Mischance: A Novel
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Tom Gallon, 2011
2
Practices and Principles: Approaches to Ethical and Legal ...
l06 As we shall see, there are several cases in which courts have reached conclusions the opposite of what the mischance principle requires. In pointing to cases in which courts do apply something like the mischance principle, I am not ...
Mark Tunick, 2000
3
Shakespeare on Love: Seeing the Catholic Presence in Romeo ...
The warning bell is nothing less than a wake-up call. Now that Shakespeare has our full attention, the moral that he sets before us is iterated and reiterated in the lines that follow. “Meantime forbear,” commands the Prince, “and let mischance ...
Joseph Pearce, 2013
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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With ...
CALAMITY, DISASTER, MlSFORTtTNE, MISCHANCE, MISHAF. CALAMITY, in French calamM, Latin ralamitas, from calamus a stalk ; because hail or whatever injured the stalks of corn was termed a calamity. DISASTER, in French dtsastre, ...
George Crabb, 1826
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English synonymes: Explained in alphabetical order
MISFORTUNEV MISCHANCE, MISHAP. CALAMITY, in French caiamite', Latin caiamitas, from calamus a stalk; because hail or whatever injured the stalks of corn was termed a calamity. DlSASTER, in French de'sast-re, is compounded of the ...
George Crabb, J. H. Hedley, 1839
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
CALAMITY, DISASTER, MISFORTUN E, MISCHANCE, MISHAP. CALAMITY, in French calamité, Latin calamitaa, from column: a stalk ; because hail or whatever injured the stalks of corn was termed a calamity. DISASTER, in French désastre,  ...
George Crabb, 1818
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Rough Mischance. An Explanation. [A Novel.]
Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past.
Bradnock Hall, 2011
8
Politics: Books V and VI
I306b6-I6 The third avenue of change in oligarchies is mischance (sumptoma), which is simply chance (tuche) by another name (see 3. 1303a3). (For the conjunction of 'chance' and 'mischance' see Phys. II. 8. 199*i and Rhet. 1. 9. 1367b24.) ...
Aristotle, David Keyt, 1999
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Crabb's English Synonyms
.Misfortune, mischance, and mishap naturally express what comes amiss by fortune or chance. The idea of a painful event is common to all these terms, but they differ in the degree of impatience. A calamity is a great disaster or misfortune ; ...
George Crabb
10
Aristotle: Politics, rhetoric and aesthetics
Stinton, in a fundamental paper on hamartia, showed that the term as used in Poetics 13 can include certain classes of morally culpable actions as well as errors of fact, but flatly rules out mischance.8 At one point he suggests that in l453a9-10 ...
Lloyd P. Gerson, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISCHANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mischance is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nature happenings at Bird/Wildlife Fest
And on Aug.14 from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Rick Wright will talk about “Prophets of Woe and Mischance: Discovering Southwestern Owls.” Wright is the ... «Sahuarita Sun, Jul 15»
2
Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service is a World's Largest …
... that can be secluded yet a need to refuel, make this aircraft utterly essential for responding quick and effectively to mass mischance incidents. «HeartZine, Jul 15»
3
Details Of Vyapam Scam
... passed on unnatural passing, and that a considerable lot of them were somewhere around 25 and 30, with 'street mischance' being referred ... «Mizo News, Jul 15»
4
Late writer Dave Godfrey created three publishing houses
But let thy dauntless mind/Still ride in triumph over all mischance.'” In 1946, the Godfreys moved to Cooksville, Ont., 30 kilometres west of ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
5
Don't use my pain as a weapon: infertility and same-sex marriage
The reality that my wife and I, by some still-unknown mischance, have yet to conceive is an imperfection that we feel keenly and on a daily basis ... «MercatorNet, Jun 15»
6
William Henry Fox Talbot: A British Technological Pioneer
Though it was simply coincidence, Talbot was understandably annoyed. "I cannot help thinking that a very singular chance (or mischance) has ... «TrustedReviews, Jun 15»
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Don't use my pain as a weapon: Infertility and same-sex 'marriage'
Instead of being viewed as an important aspect of marital love that some couples will, by mischance or age, be unable to fulfill, bearing children and raising them ... «Lifesite, Jun 15»
8
Duncan Williams Launches “Compassion for Disaster Relief Fund …
... has launched a disaster relief fund to help survivors and families of those who lost their lives in last Wednesday's flood and fire mischance. «Peace FM Online, Jun 15»
9
Section 28 anti-gay law was not devised in the Department of …
Thus it became government policy almost by mischance, and ended up as an amendment to the official Local Government Act. The real villains ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
10
Quora Question: How Hard Is It to Land on a Carrier Really Bobbing …
It makes everyone's day much longer, increasing fatigue, stress, and the attendant danger of mischance. Try Newsweek for only $1.25 per ... «Newsweek, Jun 15»

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