Antonyms for chances


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : chans, chahns
Phonetic Transcription : tʃæns, tʃɑns


Definition of chances

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to come about, to happen," from chance (n.). Meaning "to risk" attested from 1859. Related: Chanced; chancing.
  • noun possibility, probability
  • noun fate, luck
  • noun gamble, risk
  • verb risk, endanger
  • verb happen
Example sentences :
  • And of course you can't ever be no Shepler 'less you take your share of chances.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • There must be chances; he would be sure to keep his eyes open after this.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • She has had chances to my certain knowledge (widowers and such).
  • Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 3. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
  • I knew what it had to do, and I warn't goin' to take no chances of its not doin' it right.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • It would have alarmed his superiors, and done away with his chances of promotion.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Now, as it chances—I tell you who do not break secrets—my father was a Marano.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • He is a soldier, and knows how to estimate the chances of the woods.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • During the return to Syracuse, the chances of falling in with them were become fewer.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • But the chances were gradually growing unfavorable to Hawkeye and his band.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • In those battles the chances were with the Union, but here they were against it.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

Synonyms for chances

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