Definition of chance

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Chance (n.) 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..

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Backgammon :: Backgammon (n.) A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a board marked off into twenty-four spaces called points. Each player has fifteen pieces, or men, the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables..
Bechance :: Bechance (v. t. & i.) To befall; to chance; to happen to.
Chevet :: Chevet (n.) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.
Thedom :: Thedom (n.) Success; fortune; luck; chance.
Accidentally :: Accidentally (adv.) In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
Prize :: Prize (n.) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery..
Lot :: Lot (n.) The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning..
Alight :: Alight (v. i.) To come or chance (upon).
Chance :: Chance (a.) Happening by chance; casual.
Jurat :: "Jurat (n.) The memorandum or certificate at the end of an asffidavit, or a bill or answer in chancery, showing when, before whom, and (in English practice), where, it was sworn or affirmed..
Random :: Random (n.) A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard..
Skunk :: Skunk (v. t.) In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king..
Casual :: Casual (a.) Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance..
Chance :: Chance (n.) The operation or activity of such agent.
Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A game of hazard played with cards in silence.
Peradventure :: Peradventure (adv. & conj.) By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing.
Dice :: Dice (n.) Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n..
Odds :: Odds (a.) Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability..
Die :: Die (n.) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance..
Ghost :: Ghost (n.) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea..
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