der zufall (vom menschen unbeeinflusstes geschehen)

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Definition of der zufall (vom menschen unbeeinflusstes geschehen) in German English dictionary

chance

The probability of something happening

There is a 30% chance of rain tomorrow.

If you say that someone stands a chance of achieving something, you mean that they are likely to achieve it. If you say that someone doesn't stand a chance of achieving something, you mean that they cannot possibly achieve it. Being very good at science subjects, I stood a good chance of gaining high grades Neither is seen as standing any chance of snatching the leadership from him

When you take a chance, you try to do something although there is a large risk of danger or failure. You take a chance on the weather if you holiday in the UK From then on, they were taking no chances

{i} possibility, prospect; opportunity; fortune; risk, danger

For the basic examples for our class, the "frequency" approach lets us figure out that the chance of something happening is "the number of ways that it is possible for whatever-it-is to happen" divided by "the total number of possible outcomes of whatever-it-is you are doing" For instance, if I roll one die, there are six possible outcomes The chance of getting a number larger than 4 is 2/6 = 1/3 because there are exactly 2 ways that it is possible to get a number larger than 4 (5 or 6, specifically), out of 6 possible outcomes (See also "conditional probability," "independence," "multiplication rule," "addition rule")

To befall; to happen to

(CHC) - A 30, 40 or 50 percent chance of occurrence of measurable precipitation

If you chance to do something or chance on something, you do it or find it although you had not planned or tried to. It was just then that I chanced to look round. Christopher Columbus, who chanced upon the Dominican Republic nearly 500 years ago

To take the chances of; to venture upon; usually with it as object

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"

To try or risk

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; in this sense often personified

If you have a chance to do something, you have the opportunity to do it. The electoral council announced that all eligible people would get a chance to vote I felt I had to give him a chance

Probability

a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; "what is the probability of rain?"; "we have a good chance of winning"

To discover something by chance

Being undetermined Events without apparent cause An accidental happening

a probability expressed as a percent

You can use by any chance when you are asking questions in order to find out whether something that you think might be true is actually true. Are they by any chance related? = perhaps