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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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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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A risk involving danger You take a chance when you let her drive |
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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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The possibility of future success His prospects as a writer are excellent |
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Be the case by chance I chanced to meet my old friend in the street |
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Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome When you buy these stocks you are gambling |
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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 |
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Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance Seek help from casual passers-by A casual meeting A chance occurrence |
| adj | accidental, casual, unplanned |
| noun | opportunity, possibility, possibleness |
| noun | luck, fortune, hazard, phenomenon |
| noun | risk, peril, danger |
| noun | probability, measure, quantity, amount |
| verb | happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
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| verb | gamble, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance, try, seek, attempt, essay, assay |
| verb | find, happen, bump, encounter |