chance

Meanings

• a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
  • "now is your chance"
• an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
  • "we ran into each other by pure chance"
• a risk involving danger
  • "you take a chance when you let her drive"
• 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 possibility of future success
• be the case by chance
  • "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
• come upon, as if by accident; meet with
  • "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
• occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
  • "a chance occurrence"

Synonyms

adventure, bump, casual, encounter, find, fortune, gamble, happen, hazard, luck, opportunity, probability, prospect, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances