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the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency: Chance governs all. Antonyms: necessity. luck or fortune: a game of chance. Synonyms: fortuity, accident. a possibility or probability of anything happening: a fifty-percent chance of success. Synonyms: contingency
the way something happens because of luck, or without being planned: I saw her by chance in the shop. a game of chance. chance noun (RISK) B2. a risk: I'm delivering my work by hand. I'm not taking any chances. by any chance. used to ask in a polite way whether something is possible or true: You're not Spanish by any chance, are you?
noun. /tʃæns/ [countable, uncountable] a possibility of something happening, especially something that you want chance of doing something Is there any chance of getting tickets for tonight? She has only a slim chance of passing the exam. chance that… There's a slight chance that he'll be back in time.
Definitions of chance. noun. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another. “we ran into each other by pure chance ” synonyms: fortune, hazard, luck. see more. noun. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances. “now is your chance ” synonyms: opportunity. see more. noun.
4 days ago · 1. variable noun [NOUN that] If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen. Do you think they have a chance of beating Australia? [ + of] This partnership has a good chance of success. [ + of] The specialist who carried out the brain scan thought Tim's chances of survival were still slim. [ + of]
: an opportunity to do something : an amount of time or a situation in which something can be done. [count] I wanted to call you, but I never got/had the chance (to). I go to the beach every chance I get. [=I go whenever I can] This is the chance of a lifetime! [+] more examples. — often followed by to + verb.
Synonyms for CHANCE: luck, circumstance, accident, hazard, casualty, fate, hap, risk; Antonyms of CHANCE: purpose, intention, intent, plan, design, scheme, outline, sure thing.
