chance Meaning and Definition

1. n. a risk involving danger

2. n. 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

3. n. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

4. n. the possibility of future success

5. n. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

6. s. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

7. v. come upon, as if by accident; meet with

8. v. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

9. v. be the case by chance