chance /tʃæns/
1. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
synset: opportunity, chance
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"
synset: luck, fortune, chance, hazard
3. a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"
synset: chance
4. 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"
synset: probability, chance
5. the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent"
1. be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
synset: chance
2. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
synset: gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take_chances, adventure, run_a_risk, take_a_chance
3. 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"
synset: find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
1. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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