Definition of Chance

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

Exact synonyms: Casual
Similar to: Unplanned
Derivative terms: Casualness

2. Verb. Be the case by chance. "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
Generic synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
Specialized synonyms: Happen

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"
Exact synonyms: Fortune, Hazard, Luck
Generic synonyms: Phenomenon
Specialized synonyms: Bad Luck, Mischance, Mishap, Even Chance, Toss-up, Tossup
Derivative terms: Hazard

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"
Exact synonyms: Bump, Encounter, Find, Happen
Derivative terms: Encounter, Find, Finder

7. Noun. A risk involving danger. "You take a chance when you let her drive"
Generic synonyms: Danger, Peril, Risk
Derivative terms: Chancy

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"
Exact synonyms: Prospect
Generic synonyms: Potency, Potential, Potentiality
Derivative terms: Prospect

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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