chance
Roget-categorie 156
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.8. Causation
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#156.
[Absence of assignable cause.]
Chance
zelfstandig naamwoord
chance,
indetermination,
accident,
fortune,
hazard,
hap,
haphazard,
chance medley,
random,
luck,
raccroc†,
casualty,
contingence,
adventure,
hit —
fate
etc.
(necessity)
601 —
equal chance —
lottery —
tombola† —
toss up
etc.
621 —
turn of the table,
turn of the cards —
hazard of the die,
chapter of accidents,
fickle finger of fate —
cast of the dice,
throw of the dice —
heads or tails,
flip of a coin,
wheel of Fortune —
sortes†,
sortes Virgilianae†.
probability,
possibility,
odds —
long odds,
run of luck —
accidentalness —
main chance,
odds on,
favorable odds.
contingency,
dependence
(uncertainty)
475 —
situation
(circumstance)
8.
statistics,
theory of Probabilities,
theory of Chances —
bookmaking —
assurance —
speculation,
gaming
etc.
621.
werkwoord
chance,
hap,
turn up —
fall to one's lot —
be one's fate
etc.
601 —
stumble on light upon —
take one's chance
etc.
621.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
casual,
fortuitous,
accidental,
adventitious,
causeless,
incidental,
contingent,
uncaused,
undetermined,
indeterminate —
random,
statistical —
possible
etc.
470 —
unintentional
etc.
621.
bijwoord
by chance,
accidentally,
by accident —
casually —
perchance
etc.
(possibly)
470 —
for aught one knows —
as good would have it,
as bad would have it,
as luck would have it,
as ill-luck would have it,
as chance would have it —
as it may be,
as it may chance,
as it may turn up,
as it may happen —
as the case may be.
uitdrukking
grasps the skirts of happy chance"
[Tennyson];
the accident of an accident"
[Lord Thurlow].
There but for the grace of God go I"
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