Definition of Chance

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Chance

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

The operation or activity of such agent.

The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty.

A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him.

Probability.

To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.

To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object.

To befall; to happen to.

Happening by chance; casual.

By chance; perchance.

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Chance Quotations

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
Thomas Jefferson

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?
Ronald Reagan

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.
Ronald Reagan

They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance.
Ronald Reagan

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Abraham Lincoln

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
Abraham Lincoln

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Winston Churchill

All we are saying is give peace a chance.
John Lennon

If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.
Bill Cosby

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore Roosevelt

Chance Translations

chance in Afrikaans is gebeurtenis, geleentheid, kans
chance in Dutch is toevallig, incidenteel
chance in Finnish is mahdollisuus, sattuma
chance in French is hasard, chance
chance in Latin is fors-itis, fors fortis, casus, fortuna
chance in Portuguese is possibilidade
chance in Spanish is felicidad, acaso, ocasion, azar, acontecimiento
chance in Swedish is slump, chans, lycka

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