Definition: 1. A possibility of something happening, especially something that you want. 2. An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another. 3. A suitable time or situation when you have the opportunity to do something.
Use 'chance' in a sentence:
1. It was a chance to start afresh.
2. My election chances are not as important as the good name of the party.
3. We took a chance and we've won. It's very gratifying.
4. The airline has a fighting chance of surviving.
5. I met him by chance out walking yesterday.
6. I saw the letter purely by chance.
7. There's a slight chance that he'll be back in time.
8. There was always a chance he wouldn't show.
9. It was the chance she had been waiting for.
10. That one mistake ruined his chances of getting the job.
11. Seeing his chance, Dennis moved in for the kill.
12. These days, people appreciate a chance to relax.
13. Now is your chance to talk to him.
14. They met by chance.
15. I called in at the office on the off chance that you would still be there.
16. Come off it! We don't have a chance.
17. We have a real chance of success.
18. We'll plan everything very carefully and leave nothing to chance.
19. Don't let the chance to work abroad slip through your fingers.
20. This chance has come sooner than I expected.
21. There now seems little chance of rapprochement between the warring factions.
22. They met by pure chance.
23. Did you have a chance to do any sightseeing ?
24. Chess is not a game of chance.
25. You had your chance and you blew it.
26. He had met Mr. Maude by chance.
27. The operation has a fifty-fifty chance of success.
28. Are you in love with him, by any chance?
29. He's in with a good chance of passing the exam.
30. Please give me a chance to explain.
31. It was a chance meeting that would change my life.
32. Just give me a chance and I'll prove it to you.
33. If I had the chance to go there, I'd go like a shot.
34. The reforms should give a better chance to the less able children.
35. 'Give me one more chance,' he begged.
36. The driver didn't stand a chance of stopping in time.
37. He took his chances and jumped into the water.
38. The programme affords young people the chance to gain work experience.
39. Nowadays a premature baby has a very good chance of survival.
40. We won't get another chance of a holiday this year.
41. Everyone has a chance to win.
42. There will be a chance for parents to look around the school.
43. There is still a remote chance that they will find her alive.
44. The Blue Jays have a chance to sweep the series.
45. I leapt at the chance to go to France.
46. The universities have expanded, thus allowing many more people the chance of higher education.
47. You will each be given the chance to state your case.
48. Are they by any chance related?
49. The results could simply be due to chance.
50. Their background gives them little chance of achieving at school.
51. The site gives neophytes the chance to learn from experts.
52. He was given the chance to answer back in a radio interview.
53. There is no chance that he will change his mind.
