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"now is your chance"nouna possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
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"She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"verbcome upon, as if by accident; meet with
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"a chance occurrence"adjectiveoccurring or appearing or singled out by chance
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nounthe possibility of future success
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verbtake a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
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"if that phone call is for me, chances are it's my wife"nouna 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
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"we ran into each other by pure chance"nounan unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than anothertype of:
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"you take a chance when you let her drive"nouna risk involving danger
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"I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"verbbe the case by chancetype of:
Examples of chance
- "now is your chance"
- "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
- "a chance occurrence"
- "if that phone call is for me, chances are it's my wife"
- "we ran into each other by pure chance"
- "you take a chance when you let her drive"
- "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"