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chance



I - noun
1. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances (Freq. 40)
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
Syn:
opportunity
Derivationally related forms:
opportune (for: opportunity)
Hypernyms:
possibility, possibleness
Hyponyms:
brass ring, day, fresh start, clean slate, tabula rasa,
hearing, audience, hunting ground, occasion, opening, room,
say, shot, crack, street, throw
2. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another (Freq. 8)
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
Syn:
luck, fortune, hazard
Derivationally related forms:
hazard (for: hazard)
Hypernyms:
phenomenon
Hyponyms:
bad luck, mischance, mishap, tossup, toss-up, even chance
3. a risk involving danger (Freq. 4)
- you take a chance when you let her drive
Derivationally related forms:
chancy
Hypernyms:
risk, peril, danger
4. 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 (Freq. 2)
- the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5
Syn:
probability
Derivationally related forms:
probabilistic (for: probability), probable (for: probability)
Hypernyms:
measure, quantity, amount
Hyponyms:
conditional probability, contingent probability, cross section, exceedance, fair chance,
fair chance, fat chance, slim chance, joint probability, risk,
risk of exposure, risk of infection
5. the possibility of future success
- his prospects as a writer are excellent
Syn:
prospect
Derivationally related forms:
prospect (for: prospect)
Hypernyms:
potential, potentiality, potency

II - verb
1. be the case by chance (Freq. 2)
- I chanced to meet my old friend in the street
Hypernyms:
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur,
pass, fall out, come about, take place
Hyponyms:
happen
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome (Freq. 1)
- When you buy these stocks you are gambling
Syn:
gamble, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure,
run a risk, take a chance
Derivationally related forms:
adventure (for: adventure), adventurer (for: adventure), hazard (for: hazard), risk (for: risk), gamble (for: gamble), gambler (for: gamble)
Hypernyms:
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
Hyponyms:
go for broke, luck it, luck through
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s (for: run a risk)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: run a risk)
3. 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
Syn:
find, happen, bump, encounter
Derivationally related forms:
encounter (for: encounter), find (for: find), finder (for: find)
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

III - adjective
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance (Freq. 5)
- seek help from casual passers-by
- a casual meeting
- a chance occurrence
Syn:
casual
Similar to:
unplanned
Derivationally related forms:
casualness (for: casual)

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