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chance
noun
1 chance
A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances:
— Now is your chance.
synonym: opportunity.
Roget 470:
possibility,
potentiality;
what may be,
what is possible
etc.
adj.;
compatibility
etc.
(agreement)
23.
practicability,
feasibility;
practicableness
etc.
adj..
contingency,
chance
etc.
156.
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Roget 615a:
absence of motive,
aimlessness;
caprice
etc.
608;
chance
etc.
(absence of design)
621.
Dutch: geluk, toeval, opportuniteit, mogelijkheid, gelegenheid, kans
Polish: szansa
2 chance
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.
Roget 156:
chance,
indetermination,
accident,
fortune,
hazard,
hap,
haphazard,
chance medley,
random,
luck,
raccroc†,
casualty,
contingence,
adventure,
hit;
fate
etc.
(necessity)
601;
equal chance;
lottery;
tombola†;
toss up
etc.
621;
turn of the table,
turn of the cards;
hazard of the die,
chapter of accidents,
fickle finger of fate;
cast of the dice,
throw of the dice;
heads or tails,
flip of a coin,
wheel of Fortune;
sortes†,
sortes Virgilianae†.
probability,
possibility,
odds;
long odds,
run of luck;
accidentalness;
main chance,
odds on,
favorable odds.
contingency,
dependence
(uncertainty)
475;
situation
(circumstance)
8.
statistics,
theory of Probabilities,
theory of Chances;
bookmaking;
assurance;
speculation,
gaming
etc.
621.
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Roget 621:
chance
etc.
156;
lot,
fate
etc.
(necessity)
601;
luck;
good luck
etc.
(good)
618;
mascot.
speculation,
venture,
stake,
game of chance;
mere shot,
random shot;
blind bargain,
leap in the dark;
pig in a poke
etc.
(uncertainty)
475;
fluke,
potluck;
faro bank;
flyer [Slang];
limit.
uncertainty;
uncertainty principle,
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
drawing lots;
sortilegy†,
sortition†;
sortes†,
sortes Virgilianae†;
rouge et noir [Fr.],
hazard,
ante,
chuck-a-luck,
crack-loo [U.S.],
craps,
faro,
roulette,
pitch and toss,
chuck,
farthing,
cup tossing,
heads or tails cross and pile,
poker-dice;
wager;
bet,
betting;
gambling;
the turf.
gaming house,
gambling house,
betting house;
bucket shop;
gambling joint;
totalizator,
totalizer;
hell;
betting ring;
dice,
dice box.
[person who takes chances]
gambler,
gamester;
man of the turf;
adventurer;
dicer†.
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Dutch: risico, onheilsdreiging, dreiging, kans
3 chance
A risk involving danger.
Dutch: gevaar, risico
4 chance
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.
synonym: probability.
Roget 472:
probability,
likelihood;
credibleness†;
likeliness
etc.
adj.;
vraisemblance [Fr.],
verisimilitude,
plausibility;
color,
semblance,
show of;
presumption;
presumptive evidence,
circumstantial evidence;
credibility.
reasonable chance,
fair chance,
good chance,
favorable chance,
reasonable prospect,
fair prospect,
good prospect,
favorable prospect;
prospect,
wellgrounded hope;
chance
etc.
156.
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Dutch: waarschijnlijkheid, kans
Polish: prawdopodobieĊstwo
5 chance
The possibility of future success.
synonym: prospect.
verb
1 chance
2 chance
Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome.
synonyms: adventure, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances.
Roget 621:
chance
etc.
(hap)
156;
stand a chance
etc.
(be possible)
470.
toss up;
cast lots,
draw lots;
leave to chance,
trust to chance,
leave to the chapter of accidents,
trust to the chapter of accidents;
tempt fortune;
chance it,
take one's chance,
take a shot at it
(attempt)
675;
run the risk,
run the chance,
incur the risk,
incur the chance,
encounter the risk,
encounter the chance;
stand the hazard of the die.
speculate,
try one's luck,
set on a cast,
raffle,
put into a lottery,
buy a pig in a poke,
shuffle the cards.
risk,
venture,
hazard,
stake;
ante;
lay,
lay a wager;
make a bet,
wager,
bet,
gamble,
game,
play for;
play at chuck farthing.
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Dutch: risico nemen, riskeren, vergokken, wagen
3 chance
Come upon, as if by accident; meet with:
— She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day.
synonyms: bump, encounter, find, happen.
Dutch: treffen, confronteren, ontmoeten, vinden
adjective
1 chance
Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance:
— A chance occurrence.
synonym: casual.
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