Meaning & Definition of Chance in English

1. A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

• "The holiday gave us the opportunity to visit washington"

• "Now is your chance"

2. 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. A risk involving danger

• "You take a chance when you let her drive"

4. 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. The possibility of future success

• "His prospects as a writer are excellent"

1. Be the case by chance

• "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"

2. Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

• "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

3. 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"

1. Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

• "Seek help from casual passers-by"

• "A casual meeting"

• "A chance occurrence"