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advise  [ad-vahyz]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: offer information
Synonyms: acquaint, apprise, clue in, clue*, fill in, give the word, inform, keep posted, lay it out, let in on, make known, notify, post*, put next to, put on the line, put on to, report, show, tell, tip off, update, warn
Notes: advise (verb) means 'to offer advice to or counsel'; advice (noun) is an opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem
Antonyms: keep mum, keep quiet, keep secret
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: rank
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: line up; classify in system
Synonyms: align, arrange, array, assign, assort, button down, class, dispose, establish, estimate, evaluate, fix*, give precedence, grade, include, judge, list, locate, marshal, order, peg, pigeonhole, place, place in formation, position, put, put away, put down as, put down for, put in line, range, rate, regard, settle, size up, sort, tab, typecast, valuate, value
Antonyms: disorder, scatter
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: wager
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bet money or something else in a gamble
Synonyms: adventure, chance, gamble, game, hazard, hedge, hustle, lay, lay a wager, parlay, play, play the market, pledge, plunge, put on the line, put on*, put up, risk, set*, shoot the works, shoot*, spec, speculate, stake, take action, venture
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Concept: [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance.
Category: 1. Conceptional Volition
Synonyms:
-nouns
chance; lot, fate (necessity); luck; good luck (good); mascot., speculation, venture, stake, game of chance; mere shot, random shot; blind bargain, leap in the dark; pig in a poke (uncertainty); fluke, potluck; faro bank; flyer; limit., drawing lots; sortilegy, sortition; sortes, sortes Virgilianae; rouge et noir, hazard, ante, chuck-a-luck, crack-loo [U.S.], craps, faro, roulette, pitch and toss, chuck, farthing, cup tossing, heads or talls, cross and pile, poker-dice; wager; bet, betting; gambling; the turf., gaming house, gambling house, betting house; bucket shop; joint; totalizator, totalizer; hell; betting ring; dice, dice box; dicer; gambler, gamester; man of the turf; adventurer.
-verbs
chance (hap); stand a chance (be possible)., toss up; cast lots, draw lots; leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to the chapter of accidents, trust to the chapter of accidents; tempt fortune; chance it, take one's chance; run the risk, run the chance, incur the risk, incur the chance, encounter the risk, encounter the chance; stand the hazard of the die., speculate, try one's luck, set on a cast, raffle, put into a lottery, buy a pig in a poke, shuffle the cards., risk, venture, hazard, stake; ante; lay, lay a wager; make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for; play at chuck farthing.
-adjectives
fortuitous; unintentional, unintended; accidental; not meant; undesigned, purposed; unpremeditated; unforeseen, never thought of., indiscriminate, promiscuous; undirected, random; aimless, driftless, designless, purposeless, causeless; without purpose., possible.
-adverbs
casually; unintentionally; unwittingly., en passant, by the way, incidentally; as it may happen; at random, at a venture, at haphazard.
-phrases
acierta errando; dextro tempore; "fearful concatenation of circumstances" [D. Webster]; "fortuitous combination of circumstances" [Dickens]; le jeu est le fils d'avarice et le pere du desespoic; "the happy combination of fortuitous circumstances" [Scott]; "the fortuitous or casual concourse of
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