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English adjective: chance | |||
| 1. | chance occurring or appearing or singled out by chance | ||
| Samples | Seek help from casual passers-by. A casual meeting. A chance occurrence. | ||
| Synonyms | casual | ||
| Similar | unplanned | ||
| Antonyms | planned | ||
English noun: chance | |||
| 1. | chance (state) a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances | ||
| Samples | The holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington. Now is your chance. | ||
| Synonyms | opportunity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | possibility, possibleness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | audience, brass ring, clean slate, crack, day, fresh start, hearing, hunting ground, occasion, opening, room, say, shot, street, tabula rasa, throw | ||
| 2. | chance (phenomenon) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another | ||
| Samples | Bad luck caused his downfall. We ran into each other by pure chance. | ||
| Synonyms | fortune, hazard, luck | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | phenomenon | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bad luck, even chance, mischance, mishap, toss-up, tossup | ||
| 3. | chance (act) a risk involving danger | ||
| Samples | You take a chance when you let her drive. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | danger, peril, risk | ||
| 4. | chance (attribute) 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 | ||
| Samples | The probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5. | ||
| Synonyms | probability | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | amount, measure, quantity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | conditional probability, contingent probability, cross section, exceedance, fair chance, fat chance, joint probability, risk, risk, risk of exposure, risk of infection, slim chance, sporting chance | ||
| 5. | chance (state) the possibility of future success | ||
| Samples | His prospects as a writer are excellent. | ||
| Synonyms | prospect | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | potency, potential, potentiality | ||
English verb: chance | |||
| 1. | chance (social) be the case by chance | ||
| Samples | I chanced to meet my old friend in the street. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | happen | ||
| 2. | chance (social) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | ||
| Samples | When you buy these stocks you are gambling. | ||
| Synonyms | adventure, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assay, attempt, essay, seek, try | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | go for broke, luck it, luck through | ||
| 3. | chance (possession) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | bump, encounter, find, happen | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
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