CHANCE — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
chance
A risk involving danger.
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- You take a chance when you let her drive.
A measure of how likely it is that some event will occur.
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- What is the probability of rain?
- We have a good chance of winning.
An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another.
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- Bad luck caused his downfall.
- We ran into each other by pure chance.
A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances.
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- The holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington.
- Now is your chance.
Come upon, as if by accident; meet with.
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- 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.
Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome.
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- When you buy these stocks you are gambling.
Be the case by chance.
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- I chanced to meet my old friend in the street.
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