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sporting chance
sporting chancen. Informal A fair chance for success.sport′ing chance′
n. a fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise. [1895–1900] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | sporting chance - a reasonable probability of successfair chanceprobability, chance - a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5" |
sporting chance
sporting chanceA very good possibility (of achieving success). I've seen him practice, and there's a sporting chance he'll win the competition.See also: chance, sportingsporting chancea reasonably good chance. If you hurry, you have a sporting chance of catching the bus. The firm has only a sporting chance of getting the export order.See also: chance, sportingsporting chance, aA fair chance for success, as in She thinks she has a sporting chance for being named bureau chief. [Colloquial; late 1800s] See also: sportinga sporting chance some possibility of success.See also: chance, sportinga ˌsporting ˈchance a reasonable chance of success: I know it’s going to be tough, but I think I’m in with a sporting chance of winning. OPPOSITE: not have a cat in hell’s chanceSee also: chance, sportingsporting chance
Synonyms for sporting chancenoun a reasonable probability of successSynonymsRelated Words |