CHANCE

CHAN ·CE 1 syllable

A2 · Elementary 📏 6 letters 🎲 Scrabble 13 ✅ valid word

Common in conversation and basic reading.

noun
  1. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
  2. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
  3. a risk involving danger
  4. a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur

💬 Examples

  • "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"
  • "now is your chance"
  • "bad luck caused his downfall"
  • "we ran into each other by pure chance"

🔗 Similar words

opportunityluckfortunehazardprobabilityprospect
verb
  1. be the case by chance
  2. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
  3. come upon, as if by accident

💬 Examples

  • "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
  • "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
  • "meet with"
  • "We find this idea in Plato"

🔗 Similar words

gambleriskhazardtake_chancesadventurerun_a_risk
adjective
  1. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

💬 Examples

  • "seek help from casual passers-by"
  • "a casual meeting"

🔗 Similar words

casualchance(a)
← Unscramble CHANCE