chance
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(s) occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
- seek help from casual passers-by
- a casual meeting
- a chance occurrence
Nouns
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(n) a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
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(n) 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
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(n) a risk involving danger
- you take a chance when you let her drive
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(n) 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
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(n) the possibility of future success
- his prospects as a writer are excellent
Verbs
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(v) be the case by chance
- I chanced to meet my old friend in the street
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(v) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
- When you buy these stocks you are gambling
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(v) 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