CHANCE EVENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chance event mean? 

• CHANCE EVENT (noun)
  The noun CHANCE EVENT has 1 sense:

1. anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

  Familiarity information: CHANCE EVENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHANCE EVENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

accident; chance event; fortuity; stroke

Context example:

it was due to an accident or fortuity

Hypernyms ("chance event" is a kind of...):

happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chance event"):

hap (an accidental happening)

break; good luck; happy chance (an unexpected piece of good luck)

coincidence; happenstance (an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental)

lottery (something that is regarded as a chance event)