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chance
Overview of noun chance
The noun chance has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (40) opportunity, chance -- (a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance")
2. (8) luck, fortune, chance, hazard -- (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")
3. (5) chance -- (a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive")
4. (2) probability, chance -- (a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5")
5. prospect, chance -- (the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent")
Overview of verb chance
The verb chance has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) chance -- (be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street")
2. (1) gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance -- (take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling")
3. find, happen, chance, bump, encounter -- (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")
Overview of adj chance
The adj chance has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (5) accidental, casual, chance -- (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/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chance
5 senses of chance
Sense 1
opportunity, chance
=> possibility, possibleness
=> being, beingness, existence
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
luck, fortune, chance, hazard
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
chance
=> risk, peril, danger
=> venture
=> undertaking, project, task, labor
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
probability, chance
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
prospect, chance
=> potential, potentiality, potency
=> possibility, possibleness
=> being, beingness, existence
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun chance
3 of 5 senses of chance
Sense 1
opportunity, chance
=> brass ring
=> day
=> fresh start, clean slate, tabula rasa
=> hearing, audience
=> hunting ground
=> occasion
=> opening
=> room
=> say
=> shot, crack
=> street
=> throw
Sense 2
luck, fortune, chance, hazard
=> bad luck, mischance, mishap
=> tossup, toss-up, even chance
Sense 4
probability, chance
=> conditional probability, contingent probability
=> cross section
=> exceedance
=> fair chance, sporting chance
=> fat chance, slim chance
=> joint probability
=> risk, risk of exposure
=> risk, risk of infection
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chance
5 senses of chance
Sense 1
opportunity, chance
=> possibility, possibleness
Sense 2
luck, fortune, chance, hazard
=> phenomenon
Sense 3
chance
=> risk, peril, danger
Sense 4
probability, chance
=> measure, quantity, amount
Sense 5
prospect, chance
=> potential, potentiality, potency
Antonyms of noun chance
Member Holonyms of noun chance
Substance Holonyms of noun chance
Part Holonyms of noun chance
Member Meronyms of noun chance
Substance Meronyms of noun chance
Part Meronyms of noun chance
Meronyms of noun chance
Holonyms of noun chance
Attributes of noun chance
Derived Forms of noun chance
3 of 5 senses of chance
Sense 1
opportunity, chance
RELATED TO>(verb) chance#1
=> chance
Sense 2
luck, fortune, chance, hazard
RELATED TO>(verb) chance#1
=> chance
Sense 3
chance
RELATED TO>(adj) chancy#1
=> chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy
RELATED TO>(verb) chance#2
=> gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
Domain of noun chance
Domain Terms of noun chance
Familiarity of noun chance
chance used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun chance
5 senses of chance
Sense 1
opportunity, chance
> possibility, possibleness
=> conceivableness, conceivability
=> achievability, attainability, attainableness
=> potential, potentiality, potency
=> opportunity, chance
Sense 2
luck, fortune, chance, hazard
> phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> levitation
=> metempsychosis, rebirth
=> consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
=> luck, fortune, chance, hazard
=> luck, fortune
=> pulsation
Sense 3
chance
> risk, peril, danger
=> chance
=> crapshoot
=> gamble
Sense 4
probability, chance
> measure, quantity, amount
=> probability, chance
=> quantum
=> value, economic value
=> fundamental quantity, fundamental measure
=> definite quantity
=> indefinite quantity
=> relative quantity
=> system of measurement, metric
=> cordage
=> octane number, octane rating
=> linear measure, long measure
=> magnetization, magnetisation
=> volume
=> volume
=> proof
=> time unit, unit of time
=> point, point in time
=> playing period, period of play, play
=> time interval, interval
Sense 5
prospect, chance
> potential, potentiality, potency
=> latency
=> prospect, chance
Meronyms of noun chance
5 senses of chance
Holonyms of noun chance
Grep of noun chance
chance
chance-half correlation
chance-medley
chance event
chance variable
chancel
chancellery
chancellor
chancellor of the exchequer
chancellorship
chancellorsville
chancery
even chance
fair chance
fat chance
game of chance
happy chance
mischance
slim chance
sporting chance
Antonyms of verb chance
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chance
3 senses of chance
Sense 1
chance
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sense 2
gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> act, move
Sense 3
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb chance
2 of 3 senses of chance
Sense 1
chance
=> happen
Sense 2
gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
=> go for broke
=> luck it, luck through
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chance
3 senses of chance
Sense 1
chance
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sense 2
gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
Sense 3
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
'Cause To' of verb chance
Derived Forms of verb chance
2 of 3 senses of chance
Sense 1
chance
RELATED TO>(noun) chance#1
=> opportunity, chance
RELATED TO>(noun) chance#2
=> luck, fortune, chance, hazard
Sense 2
gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
RELATED TO>(noun) chance#3
=> chance
Domain of verb chance
Domain Terms of verb chance
Familiarity of verb chance
chance used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb chance
3 senses of chance
Sense 1
chance
*> Something ----s
Sense 2
gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 3
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb chance
2 of 3 senses of chance
Sense 1
chance
> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
=> break, recrudesce, develop
=> arise, come up
=> intervene
=> transpire
=> give
=> operate
=> supervene
=> proceed, go
=> come
=> fall
=> anticipate
=> develop
=> recur, repeat
=> go off, come off, go over
=> come around, roll around
=> happen, materialize, materialise
=> happen, befall, bechance
=> befall, bechance, betide
=> concur, coincide
=> backfire, backlash, recoil
=> chance
=> break
=> fall, shine, strike
=> turn out
=> synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise
Sense 2
gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> take a dare, pick up the gauntlet
=> fight, struggle
=> have a go, give it a try
=> grope
=> endeavor, endeavour, strive
=> give it a whirl, give it a try
=> gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
=> risk, put on the line, lay on the line
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb chance
Sense 1
chance
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
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Sense 2
gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
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Sense 3
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
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Grep of verb chance
bechance
chance
chance on
chance upon
take a chance
Antonyms of adj chance
1 sense of chance
Sense 1
accidental, casual, chance(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA unplanned) -> planned
Similarity of adj chance
1 sense of chance
Sense 1
accidental, casual, chance(prenominal)
=> unplanned (vs. planned)
Pertainyms of adj chance
Attributes of adj chance
Domain of adj chance
Domain Terms of adj chance
Familiarity of adj chance
chance used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj chance
chance
chanceful
Grep of adv chance
by chance
perchance
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