Meaning of chance
Definition of chance
(adj)
occurring or
appearing
or singled out by chance; "seek
help
from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a
chance
occurrence"
(noun)
a
possibility
due to a
favorable
combination
of circumstances; "the
holiday
gave us the opportunity to
visit
Washington"; "now is your 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"
a
risk
involving danger; "you
take
a
chance
when you let her drive"
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"; "if that
phone
call
is for me, chances are it's my wife"
the
possibility
of
future
success; "his prospects as a
writer
are excellent"
(verb)
be the
case
by chance; "I chanced to
meet
my old
friend
in the street"
take
a
risk
in the
hope
of a
favorable
outcome; "When you buy these
stocks
you are gambling"
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"
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