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chance
A	noun
	1	chance
			a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚work ╚undertaking; project; task; labor ╚venture ╚risk; peril; danger ╚chance
	2	probability, chance
			a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; "what is the probability of rain?"; "we have a good chance of winning"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚probability, chance ╚risk; risk of infection ╚risk; risk of exposure ╚joint probability ╚fat chance; slim chance ╚fair chance; sporting chance ╚exceedance ╚cross section ╚conditional probability; contingent probability
	3	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"
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚luck, fortune, chance, hazard ╚tossup; toss-up; even chance ╚bad luck; mischance; mishap
	4	opportunity, chance
			a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
		Category Tree: state ╚being; beingness; existence ╚possibility; possibleness ╚opportunity, chance ╚throw ╚street ╚shot; crack ╚say ╚room ╚opening ╚occasion ╚hunting ground ╚hearing; audience ╚fresh start; clean slate; tabula rasa ╚day ╚brass ring
B	verb
	1	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"

	2	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"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚try; seek; attempt; essay; assay ╚gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance ╚luck it; luck through ╚go for broke
	3	chance
			be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
		Category Tree: happen; hap; go on; pass off; occur; pass; fall out; come about; take place ╚chance ╚happen
C	adjective
	1	accidental, casual, chance(a)
			occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"

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