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The Meaning of chance
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(n.) A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.
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(n.) The operation or activity of such agent.
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(n.) The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty.
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(n.) A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him.
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(n.) Probability.
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(v. i.) To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.
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(v. t.) To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object.
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(v. t.) To befall; to happen to.
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(a.) Happening by chance; casual.
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(adv.) By chance; perchance.
Synonyms
luck
,
fortune
,
prospect
,
opportunity
,
probability
,
hazard
,
circumstances
,
jeopardy
,
lot
,
risk
,
destiny
,
peril
,
portion
,
fate
,
endangerment
,
scene
,
view
,
aspect
,
prognosis
,
candidate
,
outlook
,
expectation
,
vista
,
panorama
,
medical prognosis
,
bump
,
find
,
run a risk
,
gamble
,
encounter
,
happen
,
take a chance
,
take chances
,
adventure
,
pretend
,
guess
,
venture
,
jeopardize
,
stake
,
put on the line
,
lay on the line
,
line up
,
detect
,
recover
,
kick downstairs
,
find oneself
,
befall
,
get
,
get hold
,
run across
,
demote
,
fall out
,
pass off
,
retrieve
,
knock
,
rule
,
notice
,
meet
,
determine
,
see
,
find out
,
come about
,
come up
,
play
,
materialize
,
go on
,
receive
,
feel
,
occur
,
pass
,
incur
,
take place
,
come across
,
bechance
,
observe
,
run into
,
witness
,
dislodge
,
ascertain
,
relegate
,
take on
,
hap
,
break
,
regain
,
obtain
,
materialise
,
discover
,
accident
,
contingency
,
happening
,
misfortune
,
calamity
,
disaster
,
mishap
,
casualty
,
fortuity
,
incident
,
possibility
,
misadventure
Antonyms
planned
,
appointment
,
decree
,
intention
,
ordainment
,
preparation
,
foreordination
,
necessity
,
plan
,
purpose
,
calculation
,
fate
,
law
,
ordinance
,
provision
,
certainty
Rhymes
advance
,
anse
,
askance
,
circumstance
,
crance
,
dance
,
enhance
,
expanse
,
finance
,
france
,
freelance
,
glance
,
hance
,
hanse
,
happenstance
,
lafrance
,
lance
,
mance
,
manse
,
nance
,
perchance
,
pomerance
,
pomeranz
,
prance
,
rance
,
refinance
,
romance
,
schanz
,
schranz
,
stance
,
trance
,
underfinance
,
vance