Chance vs. Lot
Chanceadverb
(obsolete) Perchance; perhaps.
Chancenoun
(countable) An opportunity or possibility.
Chancenoun
(uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.
Chancenoun
(countable) The probability of something happening.
Chancenoun
What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
Chanceadjective
Happening by chance, casual.
Chanceverb
To happen by chance, to occur.
Chanceverb
To befall; to happen to.
Chanceverb
To try or risk.
Chanceverb
To discover something by chance.
Chanceverb
(Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
Chancenoun
A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; - in this sense often personified.
Chancenoun
The operation or activity of such agent.
Chancenoun
The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty.
Chancenoun
A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; - with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him.
Chancenoun
Probability.
Chanceverb
To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.
Chanceverb
To take the chances of; to venture upon; - usually with it as object.
Chanceverb
To befall; to happen to.
Chanceadjective
Happening by chance; casual.
Chanceadverb
By chance; perchance.
Chancenoun
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances;
Chancenoun
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another;
Chancenoun
a risk involving danger;
Chancenoun
a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur;
Chanceverb
be the case by chance;
Chanceverb
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome;
Chanceverb
come upon, as if by accident; meet with;
Chanceadjective
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance;
Lotnoun
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
Lotnoun
A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
Lotnoun
One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
Lotnoun
(informal) A number of people taken collectively.
Lotnoun
A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
Lotnoun
That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
Lotnoun
Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
Lotnoun
The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
Lotnoun
A prize in a lottery.
Lotnoun
Allotment; lottery.
Lotnoun
All members of a set; everything.
Lotnoun
An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
Lotverb
To allot; to sort; to apportion.
Lotverb
To count or reckon (on or upon).
Lotnoun
That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
Lotnoun
Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.
Lotnoun
The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
Lotnoun
A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; all objects sold in a single purchase transaction; as, a lot of stationery; - colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.
Lotnoun
A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city.
Lotnoun
A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; to waste a lot of time on line; lots of people think so.
Lotnoun
A prize in a lottery.
Lotverb
To allot; to sort; to portion.
Lotnoun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
Lotnoun
a parcel of land having fixed boundaries;
Lotnoun
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);
Lotnoun
any collection in its entirety;
Lotnoun
an unofficial association of people or groups;
Lotnoun
anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;
Lotnoun
(Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction
Lotverb
divide into lots, as of land, for example
Lotverb
administer or bestow, as in small portions;
Lotpronoun
a large number or amount; a great deal
Lotpronoun
the whole number or quantity that is involved or implied
Lotadverb
a great deal; much
Lotnoun
a river of southern France, which rises in the Auvergne and flows 480 km (300 miles) west to meet the River Garonne south-east of Bordeaux.
Lotnoun
(in the Bible) the nephew of Abraham, who was allowed to escape from the destruction of Sodom (Gen. 19). His wife, who disobeyed orders and looked back, was turned into a pillar of salt.
Lotverb
divide (items) into lots for sale at an auction
