Chance
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:13 ptsWWF:15 pts6 letters
Definition of Chance
Noun
- An opportunity or possibility.
"We had the chance to meet the president last week: we have a good/strong chance of making / to make a profit."
- Random occurrence; luck.
"Why leave it to chance when a few simple steps will secure the desired outcome?"
- The probability of something happening.
"There is a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow."
- probability; possibility.
- What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
Verb
- To happen by chance, to occur.
"It chanced that I found a solution the very next day."
- To befall; to happen to.
- To try or risk.
"Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?"
- To discover something by chance.
"He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way."
- To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
"The car broke down a week after I bought it. I was chanced by that fast-talking salesman."
Anagrams of Chance
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