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1996 Kewl Bros
Joe & Chance
Unlikely Marines
Chance & Harvey
Award-Winning
Journalists
Chance & Walt
More on Chance
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chance (chans, chäns) n. [ME. chaunce
FR. cheance ML. cadentia, that which falls out L. cadens, prp. of cadere, to fall: see
CASE1] 1. the happening of events; the way in which things fall out; fortune; a
fortuitous circumstance 2. the happening of events without apparent cause, or the
apparent absence of cause or design; fortuity; luck [to leave things to chance] 3.
an unpredictable event or accidental happening 4. a risk or gamble 5. a
ticket in a lottery or raffle 6. an advantageous or opportune time or occasion;
opportunity [you'll have a chance to go] -adj. happening by chance; accidental chance
encounter] -vi. chanced, chanc'ing 1. to have the fortune, good or bad (to) 2.
Archaic] to happen by chance -Syn. see HAPPEN, RANDOM -by chance 1. as
it may happen; perchance 2. accidentally -chance on (or upon) to find
or meet by chance.
1996
1977
 
Field Trips
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where
you least expect it, will be a fish. --Ovid
In the field of observation, chance favours the prepared mind. --Louis
Pasteur
To put one's trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will
chance it. --Samuel Butler
Chance is the pseudonym of God where he did not want to sign. --Anatole
France
Why does fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing? --Anonymous
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