chanar
chanar

chance


Definition: Meaning of, chance in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tʃɑːns /

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chance chances
  1. possibility [uncountable and countable] how possible or likely it is that something will happen, especially something you want
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  2. opportunity [countable] a time or situation which you can use to do something that you want to do [=  opportunity]
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  3. risk take a chance to do something that involves risks
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  4. likely to succeed somebody's chances how likely it is that someone will succeed
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  5. luck [uncountable] the way some things happen without being planned or caused by people [↪  fate]
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  6. stand/have a chance (of something/of doing something) if someone or something stands a chance of doing something, it is possible that they will succeed
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  7. by any chance spoken used to ask politely whether something is true
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  8. any chance of ...? spoken used to ask whether you can have something or whether something is possible
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  9. be in with a chance if a competitor is in with a chance, it is possible that they will win
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  10. no chance!/fat chance! spoken used to emphasize that you are sure something could never happen
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  11. on the off chance if you do something on the off chance, you do it hoping for a particular result, although you know it is not likely
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  12. chance would be a fine thing! British English spoken used to mean that the thing you want to happen is very unlikely
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
chance chanced chanced
Present Participle Third Person Singular
chancing chances
  1. [transitive] to do something that you know involves a risk
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  2. [intransitive] literary to happen in a way which is not expected and not planned
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  1. not planned or expected [=  accidental]
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chance used in phrases

  • Buckley's chance (noun)
    1. little or no chance of success
  • by chance (adverb)
    1. by accident
    2. without advance planning
  • chance event (noun)
    1. anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
  • chance upon (verb)
    1. find unexpectedly
  • chance variable (noun)
    1. a variable quantity that is random
  • chance-half correlation (noun)
    1. statistics a correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test; taken as an indication of the reliability of the test
  • chance-medley (noun)
    1. law an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defence
  • even chance (noun)
    1. an unpredictable phenomenon
  • fair chance (noun)
    1. a reasonable probability of success
  • fat chance (noun)
    1. little or no chance of success
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chance used in phrasal verbs

  • chance on (phrasal verb)
    1. to find or see someone or something when you did not expect to
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