1. chance - noun
· a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
Synonym(s): opportunity
Hypernym(s): possibility, possibleness
2. 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"
Synonym(s): luck, fortune, hazard
Hypernym(s): phenomenon
3. chance - noun
· a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"
Hypernym(s): risk, peril, danger
4. chance - 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"
Synonym(s): probability
Hypernym(s): measure, quantity, amount
5. chance - noun
· the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent"
Synonym(s): prospect
Hypernym(s): potential, potentiality, potency
6. chance - verb
· be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
Hypernym(s): happen, hap, go_on, pass_off, occur, pass, fall_out, come_about, take_place
7. chance - verb
· take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
Synonym(s): gamble, risk, hazard, take_chances, adventure, run_a_risk, take_a_chance
Hypernym(s): try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
8. chance - 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"
Synonym(s): find, happen, bump, encounter
9. chance - adjective
· occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
Synonym(s): casual
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