chance
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Sense: Noun: possibility
Synonyms:
possibility Collocations, potential Collocations, likelihood Collocations, opportunity Collocations, opening Collocations
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Sense: Noun: probability - usually plural
Synonyms:
likelihood Collocations, probability, odds, possibility Collocations, prospect Collocations, indications, outlook Collocations, potentiality, odds-on bet, eventuality
Antonyms:
unlikelihood, unlikeliness, improbability
Sense: Noun: uncertainty
Synonyms:
risk Collocations, gamble Collocations, uncertainty Collocations, speculation, venture Collocations, enterprise Collocations, adventure Collocations, bet Collocations, stake Collocations, wager Collocations, long shot, toss-up
Antonyms:
sure thing
Sense: Noun: powers of uncertainty - informal
Synonyms:
luck Collocations, fate Collocations, fortune Collocations, gamble Collocations, Lady Luck, coincidence Collocations, randomness, accident Collocations, lottery, serendipity Collocations, fortuity, destiny Collocations, providence, happenstance, the turn of the cards, the luck of the draw, a flip of a coin, heads or tails, Dame Fortune, hap, hazard Collocations, blind chance, blind luck, good luck, bad luck, kismet
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Sense: Modifier: unplanned
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accidental, random Collocations, casual Collocations, fortuitous, unplanned, unintentional, unintended, inadvertent, coincidental, freak Collocations, fluky, unexpected Collocations, lucky Collocations, serendipitous, fortunate Collocations
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Sense: Verb: take a risk
Synonyms:
risk Collocations, take a chance, take a gamble, tempt fate, have a go, try your luck, run the risk, hazard Collocations, gamble Collocations, stake Collocations, venture Collocations, wager Collocations, stick your neck out , take a leap in the dark , go out on a limb , try Collocations, attempt Collocations, bet Collocations, tempt fortune, trust to chance, trust to luck, endanger, jeopardize Collocations, jeopardise , put sth in danger, play with fire, skate on thin ice
Antonyms:
play it safe, hedge your bets, plan ahead, act with forethought, be cautious
Sense: Verb: happen - followed by 'to'
Synonyms:
be Collocations, happen Collocations, come Collocations, come about, crop up, come to pass, occur Collocations, transpire, come off, go on, be your fate, betide, befall
Antonyms:
fail Collocations