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Definition of Chance

1. Adjective. Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance. "A chance occurrence"

2. Verb. Be the case by chance. "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"

3. Noun. A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances. "Now is your chance"

4. Verb. Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome. "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

5. 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"

6. Verb. Come upon, as if by accident; meet with. "They chance the money in the closet"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"

7. Noun. A risk involving danger. "You take a chance when you let her drive"

8. 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. "The probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"

9. Noun. The possibility of future success. "His prospects as a writer are excellent"

Definition of Chance

1. n. A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

2. v. i. To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.

3. v. t. To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object.

4. a. Happening by chance; casual.

5. adv. By chance; perchance.

Definition of Chance

1. Proper noun. (given name male from=English), an American pet form of Chauncey, in modern usage also associated with the word chance. ¹

2. Noun. An opportunity or possibility. ¹

3. Noun. Random occurrence; luck. ¹

4. Noun. The probability of something happening. ¹

5. Verb. (archaic intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur. ¹

6. Verb. To try or risk. ¹

7. Verb. To discover something by chance. ¹

8. Adjective. (rare) happening by chance, casual ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chance

1. to risk [v CHANCED, CHANCING, CHANCES] - See also: risk

Medical Definition of Chance

1. G.Q., 20th century British radiologist. See: Chance fracture. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chance

Champ Champagne Champagne-Ardenne Champaign Champions League Champlain Champollion Champs Elysees Champy Champy's fixative

Chan Chana Chanaan Chanarin Chance Chance card Chance cards Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancellorsville Chancy

Chandi Chandigarh Chandler Chandler syndrome Chandleresque Chandlerish Chandlerism Chandpur District Chandra

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