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   Chance

   /CHans/

   

   noun

   • 1. a possibility of something happening: "there is little chance of his finding a job" Similar possibilityprospectprobabilityoddslikelihoodlikelinessexpectationanticipationconceivabilityfeasibilityplausibilityriskthreatmenacehazarddangerfearperilliabilityhopeopportunitypromiseOpposite unlikelihood
   • ▪ the probability of something happening: "he played down his chances of becoming chairman"
   • ▪ an opportunity to do or achieve something: "I gave her a chance to answer" Similar opportunityopeningoccasionturntimemomentwindow (of opportunity)slotshowa kick at the can/catinformal:breakshotlook-in
   • ▪ a ticket in a raffle or lottery.
   • ▪ an opportunity to make a defensive play, which if missed counts as an error: "541 straight chances without an error"
   • 2. the occurrence and development of events in the absence of any obvious design: "he met his brother by chance" Similar accidentcoincidenceserendipityfatea twist of fatedestinyfortuityfortuneprovidencefreakhazarda piece of good fortune(a bit of) luck(a bit of) good lucka flukea happy chancehappenstance

   adjective

   • 1. fortuitous; accidental: "a chance meeting"

   verb

   • 1. do something by accident or without design: "if they chanced to meet" Similar happen
   • ▪ find or see by accident: "he chanced upon an interesting advertisement"
   • 2. do (something) despite its being dangerous or of uncertain outcome: informal "she waited a few seconds and chanced another look" Similar riskhazardventuretrytry one's luck withformal:essay

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French cheance, from cheoir ‘fall, befall’, based on Latin cadere.

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