Reference meaning
chance
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a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
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Other meanings
2. noun
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
3. noun
a risk involving danger
4. noun
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
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