chance : Idioms & Phrases

• one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. Colloq.

Webster 1913

• adverb through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.."
  perchance.
  
• adverb by accident
  by luck; haply.
  
  • betrayed by a word haply overheard
• adverb without advance planning
  circumstantially; unexpectedly; accidentally.
  
  • they met accidentally

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• one who, comes unexpectedly.

Webster 1913

• noun anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
  fortuity; stroke; accident.
  
  • winning the lottery was a happy accident
  • the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck
  • it was due to an accident or fortuity

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• verb find unexpectedly
  happen upon; fall upon; attain; come upon; discover; light upon; come across; strike; chance on.
  
  • the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
  • she struck a goldmine
  • The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake

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• verb find unexpectedly
  happen upon; fall upon; attain; come upon; discover; light upon; come across; strike; chance on.
  
  • the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
  • she struck a goldmine
  • The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake

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• noun a variable quantity that is random
  stochastic variable; variate; variant; random variable.
  

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• noun a correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test; taken as an indication of the reliability of the test
  split-half correlation.
  

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• noun an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense
  

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Chance"-med`ley noun

Etymology

Chance + medley.

Definitions

1. (Law) The kiling of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley. ✍ The term has been sometimes applied to any kind of homicide by misadventure, or to any accidental killing of a person without premeditation or evil intent, but, in strictness, is applicable to such killing as happens in defending one's self against assault. Bouvier.
2. Luck; chance; accident. Milton. Cowper.

Webster 1913

• noun an unpredictable phenomenon
  tossup; toss-up.
  
  • it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose

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• noun a reasonable probability of success
  fair chance.
  

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• noun little or no chance of success
  fat chance.
  

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• noun a game that involves gambling
  gambling game.
  

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• noun an unexpected piece of good luck
  break; good luck.
  
  • he finally got his big break

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• . See under Chance.

Webster 1913

Mum"-chance` noun

Definitions

1. A game of hazard played with cards in silence. Obs. or Prov. Eng. Decker.
2. A silent, stupid person. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.

Mum"-chance` adjective

Definitions

1. Silent and idle. Colloq.

   Boys can't sit mum-chance always. J. H. Ewing.

Webster 1913

• noun little or no chance of success
  fat chance.
  

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• noun a reasonable probability of success
  fair chance.
  

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• verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
  risk; take a chance; hazard; chance; adventure; gamble; run a risk.
  
  • When you buy these stocks you are gambling

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• verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
  risk; take a chance; hazard; chance; adventure; gamble; run a risk.
  
  • When you buy these stocks you are gambling

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• the sole remaining ground of hope.

Webster 1913

• the chief opportunity; that upon which reliance is had, esp. self-interest.

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• (Math.), that branch of mathematics which treats of the probability of the occurrence of particular events, as the fall of dice in given positions.

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• to take advantage of every circumstance; to seize every opportunity.

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• to encounter all the risks of a certain course.

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