bʌmp ˈkaʒuəl ˈkæʒuəl ˈkɛʒʉɘl tʃæns ɪnˈkaʊntɚ ɪnˈkaʊntə faɪnd

ˈfɔːtʃuːn ˈfɔɹtʃən ˈɡæm.bəl ˈhæpən ˈhæzɚd ˈhazəd ˈhæzɚd ˈhazəd lʌk lʌk ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.tɪ ˌɑpɚˈtunəti pɹɒbəˈbɪlɪti pɹɑbəˈbɪlɪɾi ˈpɹɒspɛkt ˈpɹɑspɛkt ɹɪsk a risk involving danger you take a chance when you let her drive occurring or appearing or singled out by chance seek help from casual passers-by a casual meeting a chance occurrence come upon, as if by accident; meet with We find this idea in Plato I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome When you buy these stocks you are gambling be the case by chance I chanced to meet my old friend in the street 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 probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5 if that phone call is for me, chances are it's my wife an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another bad luck caused his downfall we ran into each other by pure chance the possibility of future success his prospects as a writer are excellent a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington now is your chance