Chance

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency 1.2 luck or fortune 1.3 a possibility or probability of anything happening 1.4 an opportune or favorable time; opportunity 1.5 Baseball . an opportunity to field the ball and make a put-out or assist. 1.6 a risk or hazard 1.7 a share or ticket in a lottery or prize drawing 1.8 chances, probability 1.9 Midland and Southern U.S. a quantity or number (usually fol. by of ). 1.10 Archaic . an unfortunate event; mishap. 2 Verb (used without object) 2.1 to happen or occur by chance 3 Verb (used with object) 3.1 to take the chances or risks of; risk (often fol. by impersonal it ) 4 Adjective 4.1 not planned or expected; accidental 5 Verb phrase 5.1 chance on or upon, to come upon by chance; meet unexpectedly 6 Idioms 6.1 by chance 6.2 on the chance 6.3 on the off chance 7 Antonyms 7.1 adjective 7.2 noun 7.3 verb 8 Synonyms 8.1 adjective 8.2 noun 8.3 verb 8.4 phrasal verb

Noun

the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency

Chance governs all.

luck or fortune

a game of chance.

a possibility or probability of anything happening

a fifty-percent chance of success.

an opportune or favorable time; opportunity

Now is your chance.

Baseball . an opportunity to field the ball and make a put-out or assist.

a risk or hazard

Take a chance.

a share or ticket in a lottery or prize drawing

The charity is selling chances for a dollar each.

chances, probability

The chances are that the train hasn't left yet.

Midland and Southern U.S. a quantity or number (usually fol. by of ).

Archaic . an unfortunate event; mishap.

Verb (used without object)

to happen or occur by chance

It chanced that our arrivals coincided.

Verb (used with object)

to take the chances or risks of; risk (often fol. by impersonal it )

I'll have to chance it, whatever the outcome.

Adjective

not planned or expected; accidental

a chance occurrence.

Verb phrase

chance on or upon, to come upon by chance; meet unexpectedly

She chanced on a rare kind of mushroom during her walk through the woods.

Idioms

by chance

without plan or intent; accidentally

I met her again by chance in a department store in Paris.

on the chance

in the mild hope or against the possibility

I'll wait on the chance that she'll come.

on the off chance

in the very slight hope or against the very slight possibility.

Antonyms

adjective

designed , foreseeable , planned , understood

noun

assurance , certainty , design , law , plan , scheme , aim

verb

aim , design , plan , scheme , understand

Synonyms

adjective

adventitious , at random , casual , contingent , fluky , fortuitous , fortunate , happy , inadvertent , incidental , lucky , odd , offhand , unforeseen , unintentional , unlooked for , unplanned , desultory , haphazard , hit-or-miss , indiscriminate , spot , accidental , aleatory , arbitrary , random , unexpected , unpremeditated

noun

break , contingency , fair shake * , fighting chance * , indications , liability , likelihood , long shot * , look-in , occasion , odds , opening , opportunity , outlook , prospect , scope , shot * , show , squeak , time , wager , accident , advantage , adventure , bad luck , cast , casualty , coincidence , destination , destiny , doom , even chance , fluke , fortuity , fortune , future , gamble , good luck , hap , haphazard , happening , hazard , heads or tails , hit * , in the cards , kismet , lot , lottery , luck out , lucky break , misfortune , occurrence , outcome , peradventure , peril , providence , risk , stroke of luck * , throw of the dice , toss-up , turn of the cards , way the cookie crumbles , wheel of fortune * , bet , craps game , fall of the cards , jeopardy , raffle , speculation , stake , try , venture , fortuitousness , luck , possibility , probability , happenchance , happenstance , accidentality , fate , haphazardry , on spec , serendipity , uncertainty , vicissitudes

verb

attempt , cast lots , draw lots , gamble , go out on a limb , have a fling at , hazard , jeopardize , play with fire , plunge , put eggs in one basket , put it on the line , roll the dice , run the risk , skate on thin ice , speculate , stake , stick one’s neck out , take shot in the dark , tempt fate * , tempt fortune , toss up , try , venture , wager , wildcat , arrive , befall , be one’s fate , betide , blunder on , break , bump , come , come about , come off , come to pass , fall out , fall to one’s lot , go , hap , hit upon , light , light upon , luck , meet , occur , stumble , stumble on , transpire , tumble , turn up , happen , adventure , risk , accident , accidental , adventitious , case , casualty , contingent , fate , fluke , fortuitous , fortuity , fortune , haphazard , happening , lot , lottery , mishap , odds , opportunity , outcome , outlook , possibility , probability , raffle , random , unplanned

phrasal verb

bump into , come across , come on , find , happen on , light on , run across , run into , stumble on , tumble on