chances

Noun

• a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
• an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
• a risk involving danger
• 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
• the possibility of future success
• plural of chance

Verb

• be the case by chance
• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
• come upon, as if by accident; meet with
• third-person singular simple present indicative of chance

Synonyms

adventure, bump, chance, encounter, find, fortune, gamble, happen, hazard, luck, opportunity, probability, prospect, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances