Chance Meaning

There are 9 meaning(s) for word Chance

Meaning 1 : a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

    Example : now is your chance

    Synonyms : opportunity
Meaning 2 : come upon, as if by accident; meet with

    Example : She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day

    Synonyms : bump,  encounter,  find,  happen
Meaning 3 : occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

    Example : a chance occurrence

    Synonyms : casual
Meaning 4 : the possibility of future success

    Synonyms : prospect
Meaning 5 : take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

    Synonyms : adventure,  gamble,  hazard,  risk,  run a risk,  take a chance,  take chances
Meaning 6 : 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

    Example : if that phone call is for me, chances are it's my wife

    Synonyms : probability
Meaning 7 : an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

    Example : we ran into each other by pure chance

    Synonyms : fortune,  hazard,  luck
Meaning 8 : a risk involving danger

    Example : you take a chance when you let her drive

Meaning 9 : be the case by chance

    Example : I chanced to meet my old friend in the street

How to Pronounce Chance

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