9. (v.i.)chance to happen or occur by chance: It chanced that our arrivals coincided.
10. (v.t.)chance to take the chances or risks of; risk (often fol. by it): I'll have to chance it, whatever the outcome.
11. chance chance on or upon, to meet unexpectedly and accidentally.
12. (adj.)chance not planned or expected; accidental: a chance occurrence.
Definition of 'chance'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)opportunity, chance a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
2. (noun)luck, fortune, chance, hazard 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"
3. (noun)chance a risk involving danger "you take a chance when you let her drive"
4. (noun)probability, chance a measure of how likely it is that some eventwill occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the wholenumber of cases possible "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"
5. (adj)prospect, chance the possibility of futuresuccess "his prospects as a writer are excellent"
6. (verb)casual, chance(a) occurring or appearing or singled out by chance "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
7. (verb)chance be the case by chance "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
8. (verb)gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
9. (verb)find, happen, chance, bump, encounter 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"
1. (noun)chance the opportunity to do sth a chance for them to talk; I go to the movies whenever I get the chance.; Did you have a chance to read my email?; Give him a chance to prove it.; your last chance to buy one
2. chance the possibility sth could happen; = likelihood There's a chance she'll win.; Any chance you could help out?; There's a chance that it'll stop raining later.
3. chance there's a good chance sth is fairly likely
4. chance there's a slim chance sth is not very likely but possible
5. chance not stand a chance to not be at all likely She doesn't stand a chance of persuading him.
6. chance a situation affected by luck or destiny It was pure chance that we met.; Scientists discovered it by chance.
7. chance by any chance used to ask politely if sth is possible or correct Do you have a spare pen by any chance?
8. chance (the) chances are indicates you think sth is likely Chances are he won't come.
9. chance take a chance/take chances to do sth despite the risk He persuaded the company to take a chance on him.
10. (verb)chance to risk doing I don't think we should chance driving in the storm.
3. (noun)chance a supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified
5. (noun)chance the supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty
6. (noun)chance a possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him
Definitions of chance 
Afrikaans: toeval
Arabic: حَظ
Bulgarian: късмет
Brazilian: sorte
Czech: náhoda
German: der Zufall, das Glück
Danish: held; tilfælde; chance
Greek: τύχη
Spanish: suerte, by chance: por ca
Estonian: juhus
Farsi: شانس؛ اقبال
Finnish: onni
French: hasard
Hebrew: גוֹרָל, מָזַל
Hindi: संयोग
Croatian: udes
Hungarian: véletlen
Indonesian: kemujuran
Icelandic: hending, heppni
Italian: caso
Japanese: 運
Korean: 운
Lithuanian: atsitiktinumas
Latvian: gadījums; nejaušība
Malay: nasib
Dutch: toeval
Norwegian: sjanse, slump, tilfelle
Polish: przypadek
Persian: شانس؛ اقبال
Pashto: چانس
Portuguese: sorte
Romanian: întâmplare
Russian: удача
Slovak: náhoda
Slovenian: sreča, naključje
Serbian: slučaj
Swedish: tillfällighet, slump, lyc
Thai: โชค
Turkish: şans, talih
Taiwanese: 運氣
Ukrainian: випадок; випадковість
Urdu: خوش قسمتی
Vietnamese: sự tình cờ
Chinese: 运气
