Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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bad luck | Yes | No | No | No |
chance | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
bad luck (noun) | chance (noun) |
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unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event | a risk involving danger |
an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate | 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 |
an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes | an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another |
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances | |
the possibility of future success |
bad luck (adjective) | chance (adjective) |
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occurring or appearing or singled out by chance |
bad luck (verb) | chance (verb) |
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come upon, as if by accident; meet with | |
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | |
be the case by chance |