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adjective
  1. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
    Synonyms: accidental, casual Similar: unplanned
noun
  1. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
    Synonyms: opportunity
  2. 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"
    Synonyms: fortune, hazard, luck
  3. a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"
verb
  1. be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
  2. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
    Synonyms: adventure, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances
  3. 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"
    Synonyms: bump, encounter, find, happen

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