noun. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington|now is your chance |
noun. 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 |
noun. a risk involving danger you take a chance when you let her drive |
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|if that phone call is for me, chances are it's my wife |
noun. the possibility of future success his prospects as a writer are excellent |
verb. be the case by chance I chanced to meet my old friend in the street |
verb. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome When you buy these stocks you are gambling |
verb. 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 |
adj. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance seek help from casual passers-by|a casual meeting|a chance occurrence |
