Definition of 'chance'
Noun
- a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
Synonyms: opportunity - 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"
Synonyms: luck fortune hazard - 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"
Synonyms: probability - the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent"
Synonyms: prospect
Verb
- 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"
Synonyms: gamble risk hazard take chances adventure run a risk take a chance - 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"
Synonyms: find happen bump encounter
Adjective
- occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
Synonyms: accidental casual
