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chance in WordNet English dictionary
verb- take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
"When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
gamble chance risk hazard take chances adventure run a risk take a chance
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
"We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
find happen chance bump encounter
- be the case by chance
"I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
chance
adjective- occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
"seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
casual chance
noun- a risk involving danger
"you take a chance when you let her drive"
chance
- 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
"the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"
probability chance
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
"bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
luck fortune chance hazard
- a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
"the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
opportunity chance
- the possibility of future success
"his prospects as a writer are excellent"
prospect chance
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