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Definitions of chance
  1. noun
    a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
    "now is your chance"

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  2. verb
    come upon, as if by accident; meet with
    "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"

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  3. adjective
    occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
    "a chance occurrence"

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  4. noun
    the possibility of future success

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  5. verb
    take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
  6. noun
    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
    "if that phone call is for me, chances are it's my wife"

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  7. 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"

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  8. noun
    a risk involving danger
    "you take a chance when you let her drive"
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  9. verb
    be the case by chance
    "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
Definition that contains chance
  • happen chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
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