chances
Because it is a word with a single syllable, chances is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofchances
- An opportunity or possibility.
Example: "We had the chance to meet the president last week."
- Random occurrence; luck.
Example: "Why leave it to chance when a few simple steps will secure the desired outcome?"
- The probability of something happening.
Example: "There is a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow."
- What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
- To happen by chance, to occur.
Example: "It chanced that I found a solution the very next day."
- To befall; to happen to.
- To try or risk.
Example: "Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?"
- To discover something by chance.
Example: "He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way."
- (Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
Example: "The car broke down a week after I bought it. I was chanced by that fast-talking salesman."
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