Chance (Noun)
Meaning 1
A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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- Opening
- Hearing
- Occasion
- Hunting Ground
- Street
- Fresh Start
- Day
- Shot
- Room
- Throw
- Tabula Rasa
- Say
- Brass Ring
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Meaning 2
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".
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Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 4
A risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.