Chance (Absence of assignable cause)
Nouns
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chance, indetermination, accident, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc, casualty, contingence, adventure, hit
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fate etc. (necessity) Necessity
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equal chance
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lottery
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tombola
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toss up etc. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance
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turn of the table, turn of the cards
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hazard of the die, chapter of accidents, fickle finger of fate
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cast of the dice, throw of the dice
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heads or tails, flip of a coin, wheel of Fortune
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sortes, sortes Virgilianae. probability, possibility, odds
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long odds, run of luck
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accidentalness
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main chance, odds on, favorable odds. contingency, dependence (uncertainty) Uncertainty
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situation (circumstance) Circumstance. statistics, theory of Probabilities, theory of Chances
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bookmaking
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assurance
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speculation, gaming etc. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance.
Adjectives
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casual, fortuitous, accidental, adventitious, causeless, incidental, contingent, uncaused, undetermined, indeterminate
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random, statistical
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possible etc. Possibility
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unintentional etc. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance.
Adverbs
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by chance, accidentally, by accident
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casually
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perchance etc. (possibly) Possibility
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for aught one knows
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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
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as it may be, as it may chance, as it may turn up, as it may happen
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as the case may be.
Phrases
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the accident of an accident" [Lord Thurlow]. There but for the grace of God go I"