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Chances

/ˈtʃɑːnsɪz/

An opportunity or possibility.

📖 Definitions of "Chances"

noun
  1. 1

    An opportunity or possibility.

    "We had the chance to meet the president last week."

  2. 2

    Random occurrence; luck.

    "Why leave it to chance when a few simple steps will secure the desired outcome?"

  3. 3

    The probability of something happening.

    "There is a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow."

  4. 4

    What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.

verb
  1. 1

    To happen by chance, to occur.

    "It chanced that I found a solution the very next day."

  2. 2

    To befall; to happen to.

  3. 3

    To try or risk.

    "Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?"

  4. 4

    To discover something by chance.

    "He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way."

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