1. (

• opportunity ,
• chance

) a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance" ;

2. (

• luck ,
• fortune ,
• chance ,
• hazard

) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance" ;

3. (

• chance

) a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive" ;

4. (

• probability ,
• chance

) 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; "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"; "if that phone call is for me, chances are it's my wife" ;

5. (

• prospect ,
• chance ,

) the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent" ;

1. (

• chance ,

) be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street" ;

2. (

• gamble ,
• chance ,
• risk ,
• hazard ,
• take_chances ,
• adventure ,
• run_a_risk ,
• take_a_chance

) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" ;

3. (

• find ,
• happen ,
• chance ,
• bump ,
• encounter

) come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" ;

1. (

• casual ,
• chance

) occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence" ;