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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- chance :a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington|now is your chance
- chance :be the case by chance
- I chanced to meet my old friend in the street
- chance :occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
- seek help from casual passers-by|a casual meeting|a chance occurrence
- chance :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
- chance :take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
- When you buy these stocks you are gambling
- chance :a risk involving danger
- you take a chance when you let her drive
- chance :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
- chance :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