Sekirov Dictionary

chance

UK /t͡ʃɑːns/US /t͡ʃæns/

noun 5
verb 6
adjective 1
adverb 1
forms 6
phrases 18

noun5

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a situation that gives an opportunity to do something
- We had the chance to meet the president last week: we have a good/strong chance of making / to make a profit.
- There was a fat/slim chance that my letter would arrive in time.
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The probability of something happening.
- There is a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow.
- There is little chance of having the chance to approach such a big celeb.
probability; possibility.
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Random occurrence; luck.
- Why leave it to chance when a few simple steps will secure the desired outcome?
- My whole life seems to be ruled by blind chance.
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(no longer used) What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
- But at the moment when everything was going so well, there came one of those unforeseeable chances that reduce even the most circumspectly arranged plots to the significance of a mere toss-up. — 1934

verb6

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To try or risk.
- Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?
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To discover something by chance.
- He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way.
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To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
- The car broke down a week after I bought it. I was chanced by that fast-talking salesman.
(Nigeria) To take an opportunity from someone; to cut a queue.
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(no longer used) To happen by chance, to occur.
- It chanced that I found a solution the very next day.
(no longer used) To befall; to happen to.

adjective1

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Happening by chance, casual.
- No crowd was about the door; no people were discernible at any of the many windows; not even a chance passer-by was in the street. An unnatural silence and desertion reigned there. — 1859

adverb1

(no longer used) Perchance; perhaps.

forms

chanced · chancing · chances · chanceth · chancest · chancest

Phrases with chance

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