chance
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
- definition a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- definition an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- definition a risk involving danger
- 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
- definition the possibility of future success
- definition be the case by chance
- definition take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
- definition come upon, as if by accident; meet with