English to English
adjective
- Happening by chance; casual.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
The holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington.
Now is your chance.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a risk involving danger
You take a chance when you let her drive.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the possibility of future success
His prospects as a writer are excellent.
source: WordNet 3.0
- A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.
source: Webster 1913
adverb
- By chance; perchance.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
Seek help from casual passers-by.
A casual meeting.
A chance occurrence.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- be the case by chance
I chanced to meet my old friend in the street.
source: WordNet 3.0
- take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
When you buy these stocks you are gambling.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.
source: Webster 1913
- To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [chans] Palad; kapalaran; pagkakataon
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [chans] Mangyari; magkátaon
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
