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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

Strongest matches

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

Strong matches

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

Strong matches

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

Doctor Who fans will have the chance to own pieces of memorabilia from the show when two items go up for auction.

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A woman whose cancer has spread to her bones, back, pelvis and neck but has been denied a life-extending drug because she lives in Wales says she "wants a chance to live".

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Rachel is currently having her final chemotherapy treatment through the NHS and said there would be a high chance of the drug working for her specific type of HER2-low metastatic breast cancer.

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De Decker had a chance to win with a checkout of 170, but missed the bullseye before Littler squared the match at 9-9.

From BBC

Kelleher is often called the best back-up keeper in the world - and nearly always performs when he gets his chance.

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

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