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S: (n) opportunity (opportunity%1:26:00::), chance (chance%1:26:00::) (a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances) "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
S: (n) luck (luck%1:19:00::), fortune (fortune%1:19:00::), chance (chance%1:19:00::), hazard (hazard%1:19:00::) (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"
S: (n) chance (chance%1:04:00::) (a risk involving danger) "you take a chance when you let her drive"
S: (n) probability (probability%1:07:01::), chance (chance%1:07:00::) (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"
S: (n) prospect (prospect%1:26:00::), chance (chance%1:26:01::) (the possibility of future success) "his prospects as a writer are excellent"

S: (v) chance (chance%2:41:01::) (be the case by chance) "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
S: (v) gamble (gamble%2:41:00::), chance (chance%2:41:00::), risk (risk%2:41:01::), hazard (hazard%2:41:00::), take chances (take_chances%2:41:00::), adventure (adventure%2:41:01::), run a risk (run_a_risk%2:41:00::), take a chance (take_a_chance%2:41:00::) (take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome) "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
S: (v) find (find%2:40:02::), happen (happen%2:40:12::), chance (chance%2:40:12::), bump (bump%2:40:12::), encounter (encounter%2:40:00::) (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"

S: (adj) casual (casual%3:00:01:unplanned:00), chance (chance%3:00:00:unplanned:00) (occurring or appearing or singled out by chance) "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"