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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"
Specialized synonyms: Happen
3. Noun. A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances. "Now is your chance"
Generic synonyms: Possibility, Possibleness
Specialized synonyms: Brass Ring, Day, Clean Slate, Fresh Start, Tabula Rasa, Audience, Hearing, Hunting Ground, Occasion, Opening, Room, Say, Crack, Shot, Street, Throw
Derivative terms: Opportune
4. Verb. Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome. "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
Generic synonyms: Assay, Attempt, Essay, Seek, Try
Specialized synonyms: Go For Broke, Luck It, Luck Through
Derivative terms: Adventure, Adventurer, Adventurer, Gamble, Gambler, Hazard, Risk
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"
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"
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"
Generic synonyms: Amount, Measure, Quantity
Specialized synonyms: Conditional Probability, Contingent Probability, Cross Section, Exceedance, Fair Chance, Sporting Chance, Fat Chance, Slim Chance, Joint Probability, Risk, Risk Of Exposure, Risk, Risk Of Infection
Derivative terms: Probabilistic, Probable
9. Noun. The possibility of future success. "His prospects as a writer are excellent"
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)