Chance

noun

tʃæns

Adjective

occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
“a chance occurrence”
Similar:Casual

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
“now is your chance”
Similar:Opportunity
Type of:PossiblenessPossibility
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
“if that phone call is for me, chances are it's my wife”
Similar:Probability
Type of:AmountQuantityMeasure
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
“we ran into each other by pure chance”
Similar:Fortune Hazard Luck
Type of:Phenomenon
a risk involving danger
“you take a chance when you let her drive”
Type of:DangerPerilRisk
the possibility of future success
Similar:Prospect
Type of:PotentialityPotentialPotency

come upon, as if by accident; meet with
“She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day”
Similar:Bump Encounter Find Happen
be the case by chance
“I chanced to meet my old friend in the street”
Type of:OccurHapHappen
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
Similar:Adventure Gamble Hazard Risk
Type of:EssayAssayTry