the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (intransitive)] > by chance (2)
To become aware of, come into contact with, or get possession of, in the course of some activity; to… transitive. With simple object. Also intrans…
intransitive. to happen on (also to happen upon, now rarely to happen of): to come upon by chance or casually, to find or encounter by chance.