English dictionary

chance

/tS//&/ns/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

noun.state

Examples
Now is your chance.

Synonyms opportunity

Source: WordNet 3.0
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

noun.phenomenon

Examples
We ran into each other by pure chance.

Synonyms fortune hazard luck

Source: WordNet 3.0
a risk involving danger

noun.act

Examples
You take a chance when you let her drive.

Source: WordNet 3.0
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

noun.attribute

Synonyms probability

Source: WordNet 3.0
the possibility of future success

noun.state

Synonyms prospect

Source: WordNet 3.0
A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

noun

Source: webster1913

be the case by chance

verb.social

Examples
I chanced to meet my old friend in the street.

Source: WordNet 3.0
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

verb.social

Synonyms adventure gamble hazard risk run a risk take a chance take chances

Source: WordNet 3.0
come upon, as if by accident; meet with

verb.possession

Examples
She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day.

Synonyms bump encounter find happen

Source: WordNet 3.0
To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.

verb

Source: webster1913
To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with <i>it</i> as object.

verb

Source: webster1913