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Words with a similar base: chance, take_a_chance, take_chances

'chance'

[opportunity.n.01] as in: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

Examples:
the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
now is your chance

'chance'

[luck.n.02] as in: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

Examples:
bad luck caused his downfall
we ran into each other by pure chance

'chance'

[chance.n.03] as in: a risk involving danger

Examples:
you take a chance when you let her drive

'chance'

[probability.n.01] as in: 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

Examples:
the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5

'chance'

[prospect.n.01] as in: the possibility of future success

Examples:
his prospects as a writer are excellent

'chance'

[chance.v.01] as in: be the case by chance

Examples:
I chanced to meet my old friend in the street

'chance'

[gamble.v.01] as in: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

Examples:
When you buy these stocks you are gambling

'chance'

[find.v.01] as in: come upon, as if by accident; meet with

Examples:
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

'chance'

[casual.s.04] as in: occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

Examples:
seek help from casual passers-by
a casual meeting
a chance occurrence

Origins

					chance (English)
└── cheance (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    └── cadentia (Latin)
        ├── cadens (Latin)
        └── cado (Latin)