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Что (кто) такое chance - определение
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Chance (movie); Chance!; Chance (disambiguation); Chanced; Chance! (disambiguation); Chance (song); Chance! (song); Chance (album); Chance (novel); Chance (film)
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chance
(chances, chancing, chanced)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
Do you think they have a chance of beating Australia?...
This partnership has a good chance of success...
The specialist who carried out the brain scan thought Tim's chances of survival were still slim...
There was really very little chance that Ben would ever have led a normal life.
N-VAR: oft N of -ing/n, N that
2.
If you have a chance to do something, you have the opportunity to do it.
The electoral council announced that all eligible people would get a chance to vote...
I felt I had to give him a chance.
N-COUNT: usu N to-inf, N for n to-inf
3.
A chance meeting or event is one that is not planned or expected.
...a chance meeting.
ADJ: ADJ n
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Chance is also a noun.
...a victim of chance and circumstance.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
If you chance to do something or chance on something, you do it or find it although you had not planned or tried to. (FORMAL)
It was just then that I chanced to look round.
...Christopher Columbus, who chanced upon the Dominican Republic nearly 500 years ago.
VERB: V to-inf, V upon/on/across n
5.
If you chance something, you do it even though there is a risk that you may not succeed or that something bad may happen.
Andy knew the risks. I cannot believe he would have chanced it...
He decided no assassin would chance a shot from amongst that crowd.
= risk
VERB: V it, V n
6.
see also off-chance
7.
Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone.
He had met Mr Maude by chance.
PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR with cl
8.
You can use by any chance when you are asking questions in order to find out whether something that you think might be true is actually true.
Are they by any chance related?
= perhaps
PHRASE: PHR with cl (not first in cl)
9.
If you say that someone stands a chance of achieving something, you mean that they are likely to achieve it. If you say that someone doesn't stand a chance of achieving something, you mean that they cannot possibly achieve it.
Being very good at science subjects, I stood a good chance of gaining high grades...
Neither is seen as standing any chance of snatching the leadership from him.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR of -ing
10.
When you take a chance, you try to do something although there is a large risk of danger or failure.
You take a chance on the weather if you holiday in the UK...
From then on, they were taking no chances...
PHRASE: V and N inflect
chance
I. n.
1.
Accident, hap, fortuity, fortune, luck.
2.
Possibility, contingency.
3.
Opportunity, occasion, opening.
4.
Uncertainty, contingency, fortuity.
5.
Fortuitous event, piece of luck, stroke of good luck.
6.
Risk, hazard, peril, jeopardy.
II. v. n.
Happen, occur, befall, betide, take place, fall out, turn up, come to pass.
Chance
·adv By chance; perchance.
II. Chance ·adj Happening by chance; casual.
III. Chance ·noun Probability.
IV. Chance ·noun The operation or activity of such agent.
V. Chance ·vt To Befall; to happen to.
VI. Chance ·vi To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.
VII. Chance ·vt To take the chances of; to venture upon;
- usually with it as object.
VIII. Chance ·noun A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate;
- in this sense often personified.
IX. Chance ·noun 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.
X. Chance ·noun 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.
chance
I
n.
opportunity
possibility
1) to have, stand a chance of (she has a good chance of success; he doesn't have a ghost of a chance)
2) to let a chance slip by; to miss one's chance
3) an earthly, poor, slight, slim; even; fair; fighting; good; last; only; outside; sporting chance (he doesn't have an earthly chance of being elected)
4) little, small chance (there is little chance of that happening)
5) a chance against (she doesn't stand a chance against such strong competitors)
6) a chance for (a chance for success)
7) a chance to + inf. (she had a chance to visit her family)
8) a chance that + clause (there is no chance that she will win)
luck
9) to take a chance on
to try one's luck at
10) to leave smt. to chance
11) pure, sheer chance
12) a lucky chance
13) by chance (it was by pure chance that we met)
II
v.
1) (d; intr.) to chance upon ('to find by chance') (to chance upon a rare item)
2) (formal) (E) ('to happen') I chanced to be there when they arrived
chance
¦ noun
1. a possibility of something happening.
2. (chances) the probability of something desirable happening.
3. an opportunity.
4. the occurrence of events in the absence of any obvious intention or cause: he met his brother by chance.
¦ verb
1. do something by accident.
(chance upon/on/across) find or see by accident.
2. informal risk doing (something).
Phrases
by any chance possibly.
chance one's arm (or luck) Brit. informal risk doing something.
on the (off) chance just in case.
stand a chance [usu. with negative] have a prospect of success or survival.
take a chance (or chances) expose oneself to the risk of danger or failure.
?(take a chance on) risk trusting.
take one's chance do something risky with the hope of success.
Origin
ME: from OFr. cheance, from cheoir 'fall, befall', based on L. cadere.
Chanced
·Impf & ·p.p. of Chance.
Chance (1786 ship)
LIST OF SHIPS WITH THE SAME OR SIMILAR NAMES
Chance (1786 ship)
Chance was launched in 1786 at St John's Newfoundland. On 31 March 1787, Chance, James Millbanke, master, sailed from Liverpool as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people.
Chance (band)
AMERICAN COUNTRY MUSIC GROUP
Chance was an American country music group composed of Jeff Barosh (vocals, fiddle, steel guitar, sax, guitar), Mick Barosh (drums), John Buckley (guitar), Jon Mulligan (keyboards) and Billy Hafer (bass). The group recorded one album for Mercury Nashville in 1985 which included the Top 40 singles "To Be Lovers" and "She Told Me Yes.
Chance (Conrad novel)
![First UK edition (pub. [[Methuen & Co.]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ChanceConrad.jpg?width=200 "First UK edition (pub. [[Methuen & Co.]])")
NOVEL BY JOSEPH CONRAD
Chance is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1913, following serial publication the previous year. Although the novel was not one upon which Conrad's later critical reputation was to depend, it was his greatest commercial success upon initial publication.
Chance (1786 London ship)
BRITISH MERCHANT AND SLAVE SCHOONER 1786–1789
Chance was a schooner launched in Virginia in 1779, probably under another name. From 1786 she traded between England and Africa, though may have traded in slaves within African waters.
