chance-medley | an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense |
game of chance gambling game | a game that involves gambling |
chance | a risk involving danger, you take a chance when you let her drive |
probability chance | 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 . |
fair chance sporting chance | a reasonable probability of success |
fat chance slim chance | little or no chance of success |
random variable variate variant stochastic variable chance variable | a variable quantity that is random |
split-half correlation chance-half correlation | a correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test, taken as an indication of the reliability of the test |
accident stroke fortuity chance event | anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause, winning the lottery was a happy accident, the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck, it was due to an accident or fortuity |
break good luck happy chance | an unexpected piece of good luck, he finally got his big break |
luck fortune chance hazard | 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 |
tossup toss-up even chance | an unpredictable phenomenon, it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose |
prospect chance | the possibility of future success, his prospects as a writer are excellent |
opportunity chance | a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances, the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington, now is your chance |
find happen chance bump encounter | 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 |
a fall upon d strike come upon light upon chance upon come across chance on happen upon attain d discover aa | find unexpectedly, the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb, she struck a goldmine, The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake |
gamble chance risk hazard take chances adventure run a risk take a chance | take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome, When you buy these stocks you are gambling |
chance | be the case by chance, I chanced to meet my old friend in the street |
casual chance(a) | occurring or appearing or singled out by chance, seek help from casual passers-by, a casual meeting, a chance occurrence |
by chance accidentally circumstantially unexpectedly | without advance planning, they met accidentally |
haply by chance by luck | by accident, betrayed by a word haply overheard |
perchance by chance ,un | through chance, To sleep, perchance to dream.. |