Definition of Chance
Noun: chance chãn(t)s
- A possibility due to a favourable combination of circumstances
"now is your chance";
- opportunity
- An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
"we ran into each other by pure chance";
- luck, fortune, hazard
- A risk involving danger
"you take a chance when you let her drive"
- A measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favourable cases to the whole number of cases possible
"the chance that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5";
- probability
- The possibility of future success
"his chances as a writer are excellent";
- prospect
- Occurring, appearing or singled out by chance
"a chance occurrence";
- casual
- Take a risk in the hope of a favourable outcome
"When you buy these stocks you are chancing";
- gamble, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
- Come upon, as if by accident; meet with
"She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day";
- find, happen, bump, encounter
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