small chance

small chance
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  • small chance — Synonyms and related words: bare possibility, dark horse, doubtfulness, dubiousness, equivalent odds, even break, even chance, faint likelihood, fighting chance, gambling chance, good chance, hardly a chance, hundred to one shot, implausibility,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • chance — chance1 W1S1 [tʃa:ns US tʃæns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(possibility)¦ 2¦(opportunity)¦ 3¦(risk)¦ 4¦(likely to succeed)¦ 5¦(luck)¦ 6 stand/have a chance (of something/of doing something) 7 by any chance 8 any chance of ...? 9 be in with a chance …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • chance — I n. opportunity possibility 1) to have, stand a chance of (she has a good chance of success; he doesn t have a ghost of a chance) 2) to let a chance slip by; to miss one s chance 3) an earthly, poor, slight, slim; even; fair; fighting; good;… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • chance — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia fall, from Latin cadent , cadens, present participle of cadere to fall; perhaps akin to Sanskrit śad to fall off Date: 14th century 1. a. something that happens… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • chance in a million —    A chance in a million is a very small chance, or no chance at all, that something will happen.     There s a chance in a million of finding the key I lost on the golf course …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

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  • Chance Records — Founded 1950 Founder Art Sheridan Status Inactive since 1954 Genre Blues Jazz Doo wop Gospel Coun …   Wikipedia

  • Chance — (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chance comer — Chance Chance (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chance Brothers — Chance s Glassworks, Spon Lane, Smethwick Chance Brothers and Company was a glassworks originally based in Spon Lane, Smethwick, West Midlands (formerly in Staffordshire), in England. It was a leading glass manufacturer and a pioneer of British… …   Wikipedia

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