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1. chance
noun. ['ˈtʃæns'] a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances.
Synonyms
- brass ring
- street
- room
- throw
- possibility
- audience
- say
- possibleness
- shot
- crack
- fresh start
- tabula rasa
- hearing
- opening
- clean slate
- day
- hunting ground
- occasion
Antonyms
- night
- time off
- improbability
- unlikeliness
Etymology
- cheance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cadentia (Latin)
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Rhymes with Chance
- underfinance
- refinance
- pomeranz
- pomerance
- lafrance
- expanse
- alamance
- romance
- mccance
- finance
- enhance
- askance
- advance
- trance
- stance
- schranz
- prance
- glance
- france
- duran's
- crance
- vance
- schanz
- rance
- nance
- mance
- lance
- dance
- anse
How do you pronounce chance?
Pronounce chance as ʧæns.
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Sentences with chance
1. Noun, singular or mass
Your body gets a chance to recover as you walk back down the hill.
Quotes about chance
1. The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
- Peter De Vries
2. Hope is the most exciting thing in life, and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come straight away, there is still that chance all through your life that it will.
- Josh Hartnett
3. Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.
- Marcus Garvey
2. chance-medley
noun. an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense.
3. chance
noun. ['ˈtʃæns'] an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another.
Synonyms
- mischance
- toss-up
- hazard
- bad luck
- phenomenon
- tossup
- fortune
- even chance
- mishap
Antonyms
- lack
- colorless
- inferior
- stay
Etymology
- cheance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cadentia (Latin)
4. chance
adjective. ['ˈtʃæns'] occurring or appearing or singled out by chance.
Synonyms
- casual
Antonyms
- orient
- switch on
Etymology
- cheance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cadentia (Latin)
5. chance
noun. ['ˈtʃæns'] a risk involving danger.
Synonyms
- risk
- danger
Antonyms
- switch off
- stand still
- impossible
Etymology
- cheance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cadentia (Latin)
6. chance
verb. ['ˈtʃæns'] be the case by chance.
Synonyms
- go on
- happen
- hap
- occur
- pass off
- come about
- take place
- fall out
Antonyms
- negativity
- decrease
- increase
- adequacy
Etymology
- cheance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cadentia (Latin)
7. chance
noun. ['ˈtʃæns'] 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.
Synonyms
- sporting chance
- quantity
- cross section
- risk of exposure
- risk of infection
- fair chance
- slim chance
- joint probability
- exceedance
- amount
- conditional probability
- contingent probability
- measure
- fat chance
- risk
Antonyms
- possible
- nonbeing
- misconception
- devoice
Etymology
- cheance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cadentia (Latin)
8. chance
verb. ['ˈtʃæns'] take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome.
Synonyms
- hazard
- attempt
- go for broke
- run a risk
- take a chance
- seek
- assay
- essay
- gamble
- take chances
- adventure
- risk
- luck through
- luck it
Antonyms
- scarcity
- abundant
- loss
- gain
Etymology
- cheance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cadentia (Latin)
9. chance
noun. ['ˈtʃæns'] the possibility of future success.
Synonyms
- prospect
- potency
- potential
Antonyms
- natural object
- finish
- closing
- day
Etymology
- cheance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cadentia (Latin)
10. chance
verb. ['ˈtʃæns'] come upon, as if by accident; meet with.
Synonyms
- find
- happen
- encounter
Antonyms
- standard
- nonstandard
- sufficient
- scarce
Etymology
- cheance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- cadentia (Latin)