opportunity, chance (noun)

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

"the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"

luck, fortune, chance, hazard (noun)

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

"bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"

chance (noun)

a risk involving danger

"you take a chance when you let her drive"

probability, chance (noun)

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

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

prospect, chance (adj)

the possibility of future success

"his prospects as a writer are excellent"

casual, chance(a) (verb)

occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

"seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"

chance (verb)

be the case by chance

"I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"

gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance (verb)

take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

"When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

find, happen, chance, bump, encounter (verb)

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

"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 (Noun)

An opportunity or possibility.

chance (Noun)

Random occurrence; luck.

chance (Noun)

The probability of something happening.

chance (Verb)

To happen by chance, to occur.

chance (Verb)

To try or risk.

chance (Verb)

To discover something by chance.

chance (Adjective)

happening by chance, casual

Chance (ProperNoun)

A male given name from English, an American pet form of Chauncey, in modern usage also associated with the word chance.

Chance

Chance is an album released in 1980 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

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Chance is a quarterly non-technical statistics magazine published jointly by the American Statistical Association and Taylor & Francis Group. It was established in 1988, and Taylor & Francis has published it since 2012. The magazine sponsors the blog "The Statistics Forum", which allows anyone to post their thoughts on probability and statistics.