{
    "term": "chance",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a possibility of something happening, especially something that you want",
            "sensetop": "chance of doing somethingchance that…chance of somebody/something doing somethingchance of somethingchance at somethingchance for somethingwith a chance",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She only has a **slim chance** of passing the exam.",
                    "contextForm": "chance of doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is there any chance of getting tickets for tonight?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a **good chance** that I'll be back in time.",
                    "contextForm": "chance that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is **no chance** that he will change his mind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What chance is there of anybody being found alive?",
                    "contextForm": "chance of somebody/something doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is **little chance** of that happening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The operation **has a** fifty-fifty **chance** of success.",
                    "contextForm": "chance of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nowadays a premature baby has a very good chance of survival."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Not wearing a helmet could **increase your chance** of injury."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Met Office said there was an 80 **per cent chance** of severe weather."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Now that he's met the love of his life, he finally has a chance at real happiness.",
                    "contextForm": "chance at something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We believe the plan has a good chance for success.",
                    "contextForm": "chance for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are the one team with a chance of beating us.",
                    "contextForm": "with a chance"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **outside chance** *(= a very small one)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chances are a million to one against being struck by lightning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As long as there is an outside chance, we will go for it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He didn't want to risk the chance of being discovered."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had zero chance of survival."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How do you rate our chances of finding her?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't fancy our chances of getting there on time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a mistake which eliminated any chance of an Australian victory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has every chance of passing the exam if she works hard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She played left-handed to give her opponent a fair chance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctors gave him little chance of surviving the night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The missing climber's chances of survival are slim."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a very real chance that the film will win an award."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was only a million-to-one chance of it happening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a fair chance that nobody will come to the talk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have a 90 per cent chance of success."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What are his survival chances?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the variety with the best chance for success"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["excellent", "good", "high"],
                "verb + chance": ["give somebody", "be in with", "have"],
                "preposition": ["by any chance", "chance of", "chance for"],
                "phrases": ["fat chance", "have every chance", "no chance!"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a suitable time or situation when you have the opportunity to do something",
            "sensetop": "chance of somethingchance to do somethingchance for somebody to do something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was the chance she had been waiting for."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jeff deceived me once already—I won't give him **a second chance**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is your **big chance** *(= opportunity for success)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We won't **get another chance** of a holiday this year.",
                    "contextForm": "chance of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please **give me a chance** to explain.",
                    "contextForm": "chance to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You'll **have the chance** to ask questions at the end."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team **missed their chance** to win the cup."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tonight is your **last chance** to catch the play at your local theatre."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **jumped at the chance** to go back to Australia."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He realized that this might be his **only chance** to save himself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There will be a chance for parents to look around the school.",
                    "contextForm": "chance for somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He deserves the chance to give his side of the story."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Given the chance, I'd retire tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He blew four of his seven save chances."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had wasted a golden chance to make history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I finally had the chance to meet my hero."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I would welcome the chance to give my opinion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wouldn't pass up the chance of working for them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If she let this chance slip, she would regret it for the rest of her life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Katie was his last real chance at happiness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No child should be denied the chance of growing up in a family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spotted her chance of making a quick profit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Take every chance that comes your way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new college is intended to improve the life chances of children in the inner city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The teacher gave her one last chance to prove she could behave."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team created several clear chances but failed to score."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are no second chances in this business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They blew their chance to go second in the league."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is the ideal chance for him to show his ability."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is your big chance—grab it with both hands."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Travis had left the door open—she seized her chance and was through it like a shot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When the chance came to go to Paris, she jumped at it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We won't get another chance at a vacation this year."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["equal", "fair", "good"],
                "… of chance": ["element"],
                "verb + chance": ["get", "have", "deserve"],
                "chance + verb": ["arise", "come", "come your way"],
                "preposition": ["chance at"],
                "phrases": ["given the chance", "half a chance", "let a chance slip"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an unpleasant or dangerous possibility",
            "sensetop": "chance on somebody/somethingchance with somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When installing electrical equipment don't **take any chances**. A mistake could kill."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car might break down but that's a chance we'll have to take."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The producers didn't want to take a chance on an unknown actor.",
                    "contextForm": "chance on somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police were taking no chances with the protesters.",
                    "contextForm": "chance with somebody/something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Danger"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + chance": ["take"],
                "preposition": ["chance on", "chance with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the way that some things happen without any cause that you can see or understand",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I met her **by chance** *(= without planning to)* at the airport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Chess is not a **game of chance**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was **pure chance** that we were both there."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'll plan everything very carefully and **leave nothing to chance**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We met by chance at the airport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is always an element of chance in buying a used car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The results could simply be due to chance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police came upon the hideout purely by chance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Leaving nothing to chance, he delivered the letter himself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got most answers right through sheer chance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By a happy chance he bumped into an old friend on the plane."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["mere", "pure", "sheer"],
                "verb + chance": ["leave something to"],
                "preposition": ["by chance", "due to chance", "through chance"],
                "phrases": ["a game of chance", "take your chances"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "happening in a way that was lucky, although it was not planned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As chance would have it, John was going to London too, so I went with him."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have the possibility of succeeding or achieving something",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Do you think we'll win?’ ‘I think we're in with a chance.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's in with a good chance of passing the exam."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After a poor start, they are now in with a chance of winning the league."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used especially in questions, to ask whether something is true, possible, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Are you in love with him, by any chance?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you by any chance Mr Ludd?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "it is likely that…",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The chances are you won't have to pay."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "people say chance would be a fine thing to show that they would like to do or have the thing that somebody has mentioned, but that they do not think that it is very likely",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used for saying that you do not believe something is likely to happen",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘They might let us in without tickets.’ ‘Fat chance of that!’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fat chance of him helping you!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a small chance of being successful if a great effort is made",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We still have a fighting chance of beating them and winning the Cup."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you win this round then you still have a fighting chance."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to give somebody/something some opportunity to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That dog will give you a nasty bite, given half a chance."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be equally likely to do or not do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She has more than an even chance of winning tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There’s an even chance that the jury will find him guilty."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "there is no possibility",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Do you think he'll do it?’ ‘No chance.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have no chance at all",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have no chance at all",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He hasn't a dog's chance of passing the exam."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have no chance at all",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that I'll wear that thing!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "because of the possibility of something happening, although it is unlikely",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I didn't think you'd be at home but I just called by on the off chance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She scanned the crowd on the off chance of seeing someone she knew."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I called in at the office on the off chance that you would still be there."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I rang the company just on the off chance that they might have a vacancy."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a reasonable chance of success",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have the possibility of succeeding or achieving something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The driver didn't stand a chance of stopping in time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He doesn't stand a chance of winning against such an experienced player."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to decide to do something, knowing that it might be the wrong choice",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We took a chance on the weather and planned to have the party outside."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The manager took a chance on the young goalkeeper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The guide book didn't mention the hotel, but we decided to take a chance."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to take a risk or to use the opportunities that you have and hope that things will happen in the way that you want",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He took his chances and jumped into the water."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "with the hope of using a particular situation in order to gain some advantage for yourself",
            "labels": "(British English, usually disapproving)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɑːns/",
                "audio": "ch/chance/chance__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃæns/",
                "audio": "ch/chance/chance__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French cheance, from cheoir ‘fall, befall’, based on Latin cadere."
}