a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive";
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";
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";
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance";
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";
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling";
be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street";
