chance
/t͡ʃæns/ [t͡ʃʰæns] noun A2- An opportunity or possibility. · 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.
- Random occurrence; luck. · Why leave it to chance when a few simple steps will secure the desired outcome?· My whole life seems to be ruled by blind chance.
- The probability of something happening. · There is a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow.· There is little chance of having the chance to approach such a big celeb.
- probability; possibility.
Plural chances
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Luckily for Alice, the little magic bottle had now had its full effect, and she grew no larger: still it was very uncomfortable, and, as there seemed to be no sort of chance of her ever getting out of the room again, no wonder she felt unhappy.
As there seemed to be no chance of getting her hands up to her head, she tried to get her head down to them, and was delighted to find that her neck would bend about easily in any direction, like a serpent.
In the very middle of the court was a table, with a large dish of tarts upon it: they looked so good, that it made Alice quite hungry to look at them—“I wish they’d get the trial done,” she thought, “and hand round the refreshments!” But there seemed to be no chance of this, so she began looking at everything about her, to pass away the time.
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