chance

1. A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances (synset 114507501)
   "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
   is a type of: possibility, possibleness - capability of existing or happening or being true
   subtypes:

   • brass ring - a rich opportunity or a prize
   • day - a period of opportunity
   • clean slate, fresh start, tabula rasa - an opportunity to start over without prejudice
   • audience, hearing - an opportunity to state your case and be heard
   • hunting ground - a place where opportunities abound
   • occasion - an opportunity to do something
   • opening - opportunity especially for employment or promotion
   • room - opportunity for
   • say - the chance to speak
   • crack, shot - a chance to do something
   • street - a situation offering opportunities
   • throw - a single chance or instance
   same as: opportunity
2. An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another (synset 111438252)
   "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
   is a type of: phenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
   subtypes:

   • bad luck, mischance, mishap - an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
   • even chance, toss-up, tossup - an unpredictable phenomenon
   same as: fortune, hazard, luck
3. A risk involving danger (synset 100804290)
   "you take a chance when you let her drive"
   is a type of: danger, peril, risk - a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
4. 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 (synset 105098974)
   "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"
   is a type of: amount, measure, quantity - how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
   subtypes:

   • conditional probability, contingent probability - the probability that an event will occur given that one or more other events have occurred
   • cross section - (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns
   • exceedance - (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time
   • fair chance, sporting chance - a reasonable probability of success
   • fat chance, slim chance - little or no chance of success
   • joint probability - the probability of two events occurring together
   • risk, risk of exposure - the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
   • risk, risk of infection - the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
   same as: probability
5. The possibility of future success (synset 114506552)
   "his prospects as a writer are excellent"
   is a type of: potency, potential, potentiality - the inherent capacity for coming into being
   same as: prospect

1. Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance (synset 301802671)
   "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
   similar to: unplanned - without apparent forethought or prompting or planning
   same as: casual

1. Be the case by chance (synset 202600258)
   "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
   is a type of: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place - come to pass
   subtypes: happen - chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
2. Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome (synset 202550045)
   "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
   is a type of: assay, attempt, essay, seek, try - make an effort or attempt
   subtypes:

   • go for broke - risk everything in one big effort
   • luck it, luck through - act by relying on one's luck
   same as: adventure, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances
3. Come upon, as if by accident;
   Meet with (synset 202253273)
   "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"
   same as: bump, encounter, find, happen

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