chance
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From Old French cheance < Vulgar Latin cadentia < Latin cadentem.
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chance (plural chances)
- (countable) An opportunity or possibility.
- We have the chance
- (uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.
- Why leave it to chance when a few simple steps will secure the desired outcome?
- (countable) The probability of something happening.
- There is a 30% chance of rain tomorrow.
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Terms derived from the noun "chance"
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an opportunity or possibility
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random occurrence
probability of something happening
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to chance (third-person singular simple present chances, present participle chancing, simple past and past participle chanced)
- To try or risk.
- Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance it?
- To discover something by chance.
- He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way.
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to discover by chance
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[edit] References
- chance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “chance” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
[edit] French
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- IPA: /ʃɑ̃s/
- Audio (FR)help, file
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chance f. (plural chances)
- chance
- luck
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chance f. inv.
- chance (possibility of a certain outcome)
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chance
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chance f. (plural chances)
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