chance
noun
the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency.
will chance
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future tenseof chance.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Tadpoles become toads, and, in tales such as this one, metaphorical toads can be — whether through will, chance, or wishes — transformed into something else.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2025
Blake, a landmark ruling the court issued the following month that will chance criminal justice in Washington forever.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2021
“You have such faith in your people, I will chance it this once.”
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
Amuse yourselves as you list, only don’t get to brawling, or burn the house down in your revels; if you do, remember you will chance to burn with it before your time comes.”
From Won from the Waves by John B. Greene
"We will chance ut, anyway," mumbled Slavin, as he and Yorke climbed out of the rig.
From The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by Ralph S. Kendall
