Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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chance | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
fortune | Yes | No | No | No |
chance (noun) | fortune (noun) |
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a risk involving danger | an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another |
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 unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome |
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another | a large amount of wealth or prosperity |
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances | your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) |
the possibility of future success |
chance (adjective) | fortune (adjective) |
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occurring or appearing or singled out by chance |
chance (verb) | fortune (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 |