chance
∞
1.0
- noun
- /tʃæns/
:
probabilidad
- And we're going to give you the chance to win a prize.
- a chance of success
- a good chance
- a chance of winning
I just want an even chance to get my money back.
- I just want an even chance to get my money back.
- Why have you given me a third chance, Erica?
- The chance to learn, the chance to dream.
- And I'm really the only chance it has to do it.
- You know, Taylor Swift has every chance to do something new.
- chaotic, when you've had a chance to speak with
- You don't always get it, the chance to do it in, in film.
Examples
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Now, this is your last chance.
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I'm looking forward to my senior year and the chance to take an advanced class in photography.
Academic text (2008) -
Instead, this is your chance to be heard.
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I just want an even chance to get my money back.
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This is his chance to be a father.
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At least you got a chance.
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We all believed that democracy had a chance to take root in the new Russia.
Academic text (2008) -
I would say there's probably a good chance you could.
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How great is the chance that you'll die too soon?
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This is your chance to showcase your talent during the audition.
Synonyms
∞
2.0
A time or situation that lets you do something important
∞
2.0
A chance that something may happen
473
3.6
The chance that something will happen, often shown as a number or percent
425
3.3
A chance that something will happen in the future
274
3.6
The chance that something will happen
106
3.5
The chance that something will happen
12
2.4
A good but not certain chance of success
2
3.4
The chance that something will happen, often shown by numbers used for betting
1
3.5
A fair possibility of success that is not certain
The chance that something will happen
A possible future event that may happen by chance
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A famous baseball double play that stands for perfect teamwork
Compounds
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4.8
The possibility that two people will be friendly again after a disagreement
- Specialized
A number that takes different values by chance in statistics to show random results
- Specialized
A number that shows how similar scores are between two random halves of a test
How Likely
- Literature
202
3.4
274
3.6
∞
1.0
4
7.0
37
5.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chance comes from the old Latin word casus, meaning 'a fall' or 'what happens'. So to have a chance is like having something that might 'fall' to you — a possibility or an opportunity.