[noun] a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance" Synonyms:opportunity
[noun] 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" Synonyms:luck, fortune, hazard
[noun] a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"
[noun] a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; "what is the probability of rain?"; "we have a good chance of winning" Synonyms:probability
[verb] be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
[verb] 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" Synonyms:find, happen, bump, encounter
[adjective] occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence" Synonyms:accidental, casual
