Definition of chance | What does chance mean?
What is the definition of the word CHANCE?
Here is a list of definitions for chance.
- a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
- 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"
- a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"
- 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"
- the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent"
What are the verbs of the word CHANCE?
Here is a list of definitions for chance.
- be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
- take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
- 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"
What are the synonyms of the word CHANCE?
What is another word for CHANCE?. Here is a list of synonyms for CHANCE
Words beginning with CHANCE?
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In which dictionaries does the word chance exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes