[{"word":"chances","phonetic":"/ˈtʃɑːnsɪz/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈtʃɑːnsɪz/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˈtʃænsɪz/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/chances-us.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2100931","license":{"name":"BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An opportunity or possibility.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We had the chance to meet the president last week."},{"definition":"Random occurrence; luck.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Why leave it to chance when a few simple steps will secure the desired outcome?"},{"definition":"The probability of something happening.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"There is a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow."},{"definition":"What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["fortune","hap"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To happen by chance, to occur.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"It chanced that I found a solution the very next day."},{"definition":"To befall; to happen to.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To try or risk.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?"},{"definition":"To discover something by chance.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way."},{"definition":"(Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The car broke down a week after I bought it. I was chanced by that fast-talking salesman."}],"synonyms":["come across","come on","come upon","encounter","stumble upon","come to pass","occur","transpire","deceive","fool","trick","test"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chances"]}]