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English to English adjective
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Happening by chance; casual. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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occurring or appearing or singled out by chance | | Example: seek help from casual passers-by
a casual meeting
a chance occurrence
source: wordnet30 adverb
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By chance; perchance. | | source: webster1913 noun
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a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances | | Example: the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
now is your chance
source: wordnet30
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an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another | | Example: bad luck caused his downfall
we ran into each other by pure chance
source: wordnet30
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a risk involving danger | | Example: you take a chance when you let her drive
source: wordnet30
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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 | | Example: the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5
source: wordnet30
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the possibility of future success | | Example: his prospects as a writer are excellent
source: wordnet30
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A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified. | | source: webster1913 verb
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be the case by chance | | Example: I chanced to meet my old friend in the street
source: wordnet30
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take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | | Example: When you buy these stocks you are gambling
source: wordnet30
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come upon, as if by accident; meet with | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation. | | source: webster1913
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To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object. | | source: webster1913
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