n. a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"

n. 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; "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"

n. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"

n. 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"

v. chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!"

v. be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"

v. come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"

v. happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)

v. come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

v. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

adv. "every hour, a train goes past"

adv. "Put aside some money"

adv. "She put her sewing by when he entered"

adj. dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"

adj. located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch"

adj. 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"

n. any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome

n. taking a risk in the hope of a large gain but with recognition of the possibility of a large loss

n. the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event

n. abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty"

n. the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence"

n. the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent"

n. a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures

n. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"

n. the act of gambling; "he did it on a bet"

n. the money risked on a gamble

n. an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

n. a stroke of luck

n. a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

v. come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"

v. come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office"

v. be or become visible or noticeable; "His good upbringing really shows"; "The dirty side will show"

v. appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"

v. issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy"

v. put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

v. issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy"

v. come out in the end

v. produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match"

v. to be courageous enough to try or do something; "I don't dare call him", "she dares to dress differently from the others"

v. put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"

v. pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"

v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

adj. not marked by fine distinctions; "indiscriminate reading habits"; "an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles"

adj. aimlessly drifting

adj. lacking order or methodical arrangement or function; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate"

adj. undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"

adj. in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"

adj. having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"

adj. without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand; "a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"

adj. 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"

adj. marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"

adj. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"

adj. hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

adj. excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

adj. not selective or discriminating; "unselective in her reading habits; her choices seemed completely random"

adj. based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves"

adj. cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist

adj. associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"

adj. occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events"

adj. not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue"

adj. having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"

adj. dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"

adj. (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of; "oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform"; "oblivious to the risks she ran"; "not unmindful of the heavy responsibility"

adj. without intention (especially resulting from heedless action); "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"

adj. not intentional; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked"

adv. "He faced backward"

adv. later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday"

adj. one or some or every or all without specification; "give me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left"; "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left"

adj. being or having a random variable; "a stochastic variable"; "stochastic processes"

adj. qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses; "parenthetical remarks"

adj. related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"

adj. depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection"

adj. added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes"

adj. often improvised or impromptu; "an ad hoc committee meeting"

adj. without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand; "a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"

adj. not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu; "an air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be painstakingly achieved"; "simple unstudied charm"

adj. not planned; "an unexpected pregnancy"

v. become immaterial; disappear

v. get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"

v. lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk"

adj. designed or carried out according to a plan; "the planned outlays for new equipment"

adj. by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"

adj. considered likely or probable to happen or arrive; "prepared for the expected attack"

adj. carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"