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n. (state) | 1. chance, opportunity | a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances.; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance" |
| ~ possibleness, possibility | capability of existing or happening or being true.; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired" |
| ~ brass ring | a rich opportunity or a prize.; "he missed the brass ring at the Miami convention" |
| ~ day | a period of opportunity.; "he deserves his day in court"; "every dog has his day" |
| ~ clean slate, fresh start, tabula rasa | an opportunity to start over without prejudice. |
| ~ hearing, audience | an opportunity to state your case and be heard.; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience" |
| ~ hunting ground | a place where opportunities abound. |
| ~ occasion | an opportunity to do something.; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill" |
| ~ opening | opportunity especially for employment or promotion.; "there is an opening in the sales department" |
| ~ room | opportunity for.; "room for improvement" |
| ~ say | the chance to speak.; "let him have his say" |
| ~ shot, crack | a chance to do something.; "he wanted a shot at the champion" |
| ~ street | a situation offering opportunities.; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street" |
| ~ throw | a single chance or instance.; "he couldn't afford $50 a throw" |
n. (phenomenon) | 2. chance, fortune, hazard, luck | 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" |
| ~ phenomenon | any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning. |
| ~ mischance, mishap, bad luck | an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate.; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" |
| ~ even chance, toss-up, tossup | an unpredictable phenomenon.; "it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose" |
n. (act) | 3. chance | a risk involving danger.; "you take a chance when you let her drive" |
| ~ danger, risk, peril | a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury.; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" |
n. (attribute) | 4. chance, probability | 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" |
| ~ quantity, measure, amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. |
| ~ conditional probability, contingent probability | the probability that an event will occur given that one or more other events have occurred. |
| ~ cross section | (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns. |
| ~ exceedance | (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time.; "the concept of exceedance can be applied to any type of environmental risk modeling" |
| ~ fair chance, sporting chance | a reasonable probability of success. |
| ~ fat chance, slim chance | little or no chance of success. |
| ~ joint probability | the probability of two events occurring together. |
| ~ risk of exposure, risk | the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent. |
| ~ risk of infection, risk | the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred. |
n. (state) | 5. chance, prospect | the possibility of future success.; "his prospects as a writer are excellent" |
| ~ potential, potentiality, potency | the inherent capacity for coming into being. |
v. (social) | 6. chance | be the case by chance.; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ happen | chance to be or do something, without intention or causation.; "I happen to have just what you need!" |
v. (social) | 7. adventure, chance, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances | take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome.; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" |
| ~ attempt, essay, try, assay, seek | make an effort or attempt.; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" |
| ~ go for broke | risk everything in one big effort.; "the cyclist went for broke at the end of the race" |
| ~ luck it, luck through | act by relying on one's luck. |
v. (possession) | 8. bump, chance, encounter, find, happen | 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" |
adj. | 9. casual, chance | occurring or appearing or singled out by chance.; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence" |
| ~ unplanned | without apparent forethought or prompting or planning.; "an unplanned economy"; "accepts an unplanned order"; "an unplanned pregnancy"; "unplanned remarks" |
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