We found 1 definitions of chance event from 1 different sources.
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chance event - anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" | ||
accident, stroke, fortuity | ||
happening, natural event, occurrent, occurrence an event that happens | ||
hap an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life" | ||
happy chance, good luck, break a stroke of luck | ||
happenstance, coincidence the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs" |