| chance | |
| 1. n. An opportunity or possibility. | |
| We had the chance to meet the president last week. | |
| 2. n. Random occurrence; luck. | |
| Why leave it to chance when a few simple steps will secure the desired outcome? | |
| 3. n. The probability of something happening. | |
| There is a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow. | |
| 4. n. (archaic) What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate. | |
| 5. adj. Happening by chance, casual. | |
| 6. adv. (obsolete) Perchance; perhaps. | |
| 7. v. (archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur. | |
| It chanced that I found a solution the very next day. | |
| 8. v. (archaic, transitive) To befall; to happen to. | |
| 9. v. To try or risk. | |
| Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm? | |
| 10. v. To discover something by chance. | |
| He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way. | |
| 11. v. (Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone. | |
| I was chanced out of my money by that fast-talking salesman. | |
