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The Meaning of chance

  • (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.
  • (n.) The operation or activity of such agent.
  • (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.
  • (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.
  • (n.) Probability.
  • (v. i.) To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.
  • (v. t.) To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object.
  • (v. t.) To befall; to happen to.
  • (a.) Happening by chance; casual.
  • (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