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higayon: occasion (n.); chance (n.)

Derivatives of higayon


Glosses:
occasion
juncture, occasion (n.) an event that occurs at a critical time.; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"
affair, function, occasion, social function, social occasion (n.) a vaguely specified social event.; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"
occasion (n.) reason.; "there was no occasion for complaint"
occasion (n.) the time of a particular event.; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
occasion (n.) an opportunity to do something.; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"
occasion (v.) give occasion to.
chance
chance, opportunity (n.) a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances.; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
chance, fortune, hazard, luck (n.) 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"
chance (n.) a risk involving danger.; "you take a chance when you let her drive"
chance, probability (n.) 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"
chance, prospect (n.) the possibility of future success.; "his prospects as a writer are excellent"
chance (v.) be the case by chance.; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
adventure, chance, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances (v.) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome.; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
bump, chance, encounter, find, happen (v.) 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"
casual, chance (adj.) occurring or appearing or singled out by chance.; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"