CHANCE
\t͡ʃˈans], \tʃˈans], \tʃ_ˈa_n_s]\
Definitions of CHANCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The operation or activity of such agent.
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The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty.
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To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.
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Happening by chance; casual.
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By chance; perchance.
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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.
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A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; - with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him.
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To take the chances of; to venture upon; - usually with it as object.
By Oddity Software
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The operation or activity of such agent.
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The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty.
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To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.
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Happening by chance; casual.
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By chance; perchance.
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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.
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A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; - with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him.
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To take the chances of; to venture upon; - usually with it as object.
By Noah Webster.
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Happening by chance; casual.
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An unforeseen event; accident; what fortune may bring; an opportunity.
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To happen; to occur without design; to risk.
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Casual.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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An unforeseen event; an accident; a possibility; opportunity; risk.
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To happen; occur without design or expectation.
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To risk; with it.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That which falls out or happens: an unexpected event: risk: opportunity: possibility of something happening.
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To risk.
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Happening by chance.
By Daniel Lyons
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To risk.
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Happening by chance.
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That which happens without being contrived, intended, or foreseen; accident; risk; possibility; opportunity.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To come unexpectedly (on or upon).
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Occurring by chance; casual.
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Fortune; luck; accident; opportunity; contingency; possibility; probability.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] A fortuitous event or occurrence;—accident;—opportunity;—fortune, good or bad;—the possibility of an occurrence.
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Fortune, the cause of fortuitous events; the act of fortune; accident; casual occurrence, fortuitous event, whether good or bad; possibility of any occurrence.
By Thomas Sheridan
