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chance

Definition for chance

adjective as in accidental, unforeseeable

Strong matches

contingent, incidental

Weak matches

adventitious, at random, by-the-way, casual, fluky, fortuitous, fortunate, happy, inadvertent, lucky, odd, offhand, unforeseen, unintentional, unlooked-for, unplanned

noun as in possibility, probability

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break, likelihood, odds, opportunity, outlook, prospect, shot, time

Strong matches

contingency, indications, liability, occasion, opening, scope, show, squeak, wager

Weak matches

fair shake, fighting chance, long shot, look-in

noun as in fate, luck

Strongest matches

advantage, break, future, hit, lot, odds, outcome, risk

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accident, adventure, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, fluke, fortuity, fortune, gamble, hap, happening, hazard, kismet, lottery, misfortune, occurrence, peradventure, peril, providence, toss-up

Weak matches

bad luck, even chance, good luck, haphazard, heads or tails, in the cards, luck out, lucky break, stroke of luck, throw of the dice, turn of the cards, way the cookie crumbles, wheel of fortune

noun as in gamble, risk

Strong matches

bet, hazard, jeopardy, lottery, raffle, speculation, stake, try, venture, wager

Weak matches

craps game, fall of the cards, throw of the dice

verb as in gamble, risk; endanger

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attempt, gamble, hazard, jeopardize, plunge, speculate, stake, try, venture, wager, wildcat

Weak matches

cast lots, draw lots, go out on a limb, have a fling at, play with fire, put eggs in one basket, put it on the line, roll the dice, run the risk, skate on thin ice, stick one's neck out, take shot in the dark, tempt fate, tempt fortune, toss up

verb as in happen

Strong matches

arrive, befall, betide, break, bump, come, go, hap, light, luck, meet, occur, stumble, transpire, tumble

Weak matches

be one's fate, blunder on, come about, come off, come to pass, fall out, fall to one's lot, hit upon, light upon, stumble on, turn up

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Example Sentences

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She then clinched the set third for her 50th win of the season and boost her chances of qualifying for next month's season-ending WTA Finals.

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She had been living for years with undiagnosed endometriosis and adenomyosis, so injections to put her into menopause felt like "a liberation" from symptoms, and a chance to reset and focus on her wellness.

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That result, in a scrappy match that saw few significant scoring chances, dented Costa Rica's chances of advancing to the 2026 finals in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

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Le Pen's anti-immigration RN senses its best ever chance of winning power in the 2027 presidential elections, with Macron having served the maximum two terms.

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A preview weekend giving players a chance to try out the game earlier this year broke records, and the buzz heading into its launch has been huge.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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