chance

//tʃæns//
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Noun

chanceSingular
chancesPlural
1

A possibility of something happening; the likelihood or probability of an event occurring.

There is a good chance of rain tomorrow.

2

An opportunity to do or achieve something.

This is my chance to prove myself.

3

The occurrence of events in the absence of any obvious design or cause; luck or fortune.

It was pure chance that we met at the airport.

Verb

chanceInfinitive
chancePresent tense
chancedPast tense
chancedPast participle
chancingPresent participle
chancesThird-person singular
1

To do something despite the risk involved; to take a risk.

I decided to chance it and drive through the storm.

2

To happen or occur by accident or without planning.

I chanced to meet an old friend at the airport.

Adjective

chanceCanonical form
1

Happening by accident or without being planned; fortuitous.

It was a chance meeting that changed my life.