chance | English to English Dictionary

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chance

(/tS//&/ns )

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances(noun.state)

Example:
Now is your chance.

Synonym:
opportunity

source: wordnet30
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another(noun.phenomenon)

Example:
We ran into each other by pure chance.

Synonym:
fortune, hazard, luck

source: wordnet30
a risk involving danger(noun.act)

Example:
You take a chance when you let her drive.

source: wordnet30
a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
probability

source: wordnet30
the possibility of future success(noun.state)

Synonym:
prospect

source: wordnet30
A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.(noun)

source: webster1913

be the case by chance(verb.social)

Example:
I chanced to meet my old friend in the street.

source: wordnet30
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome(verb.social)

Synonym:
adventure, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances

source: wordnet30
come upon, as if by accident; meet with(verb.possession)

Example:
She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day.

Synonym:
bump, encounter, find, happen

source: wordnet30
To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.(verb)

source: webster1913
To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object.(verb)

source: webster1913