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chance

/ chance /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a risk involving danger
"you take a chance when you let her drive"
Type of:
risk peril danger
Derived:
gamble risk hazard take chances adventure
verb Sense 2
be the case by chance
"I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
Type of:
happen hap go on
Kinds of:
happen
Derived:
opportunity luck fortune hazard
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 3
a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur
"what is the probability of rain?"
"we have a good chance of winning"
Type of:
measure quantity amount
Kinds of:
conditional probability contingent probability cross section exceedance fair chance
noun Sense 4
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
"the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"
"now is your chance"
Type of:
possibility possibleness
Kinds of:
brass ring day fresh start clean slate tabula rasa
verb Sense 5
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
"When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
Type of:
try seek attempt
Kinds of:
go for broke luck it luck through
Derived:
adventure escapade risky venture dangerous undertaking explorer
Usage Patterns:
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 6
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"
Type of:
phenomenon
Kinds of:
bad luck mischance mishap tossup toss-up
Derived:
guess venture pretend hazard
verb Sense 7
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"
Derived:
meeting encounter discovery find uncovering
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
84%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
57
Times Searched
3
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risk peril danger happen hap go on measure quantity amount conditional probability contingent probability cross section