The classic American novel "Little Women" will come to life at Cloquet High School this weekend. Adapted for theater by Kate Hamill, the book by Louisa May Alcott weaves a tale of four teenage sisters ...
The meaning of CHANCE is something that happens unpredictably without discernible human intention or observable cause. How to use chance in a sentence.
CHANCE definition: 1. an occasion that allows something to be done: 2. the level of possibility that something will…. Learn more.
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.
Idioms by any chance, possibly: Do you think that by any chance you'd be free for dinner? Idioms by chance, unintentionally; accidentally: I met her by chance. Idioms on the (off ) chance, counting on the (slight) possibility: On the off chance that the painters are finished by tonight, you can sand the floors tomorrow.
We had the chance to meet the president last week: we have a good/strong chance of making / to make a profit. There was a fat/slim chance that my letter would arrive in time. If you get the chance, try and catch the new production of "Hamlet."
Chance is sometimes about opportunity, as in getting a chance to try out for the baseball team. Sometimes it's just luck, as in taking a chance on a new car through a raffle at school.
(British English, informal) people say chance would be a fine thing to show that they would like to do or have the thing that somebody has mentioned, but that they do not think that it is very likely