Main entry: chance
Definition: a risk involving danger
Usage: you take a chance when you let her drive
Main entry: chance, probability
Definition: 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
Usage: the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5
Main entry: fortune, luck, chance, hazard
Definition: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
Usage: bad luck caused his downfall; we ran into each other by pure chance
Definition: the possibility of future success
Usage: his prospects as a writer are excellent
Main entry: chance, opportunity
Definition: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
Usage: the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington; now is your chance
Main entry: bump, chance, find, encounter, happen
Definition: come upon, as if by accident; meet with
Usage: 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
Main entry: take a chance, take chances, adventure, run a risk, chance, hazard, gamble, risk
Definition: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
Usage: When you buy these stocks you are gambling
Main entry: chance
Definition: be the case by chance
Usage: I chanced to meet my old friend in the street
Definition: occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
Usage: seek help from casual passers-by; a casual meeting; a chance occurrence