Difference between chance and sortes

Definitions

noun

1. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
2. 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
3. the possibility of future success
4. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
5. a risk involving danger

verb

1. come upon, as if by accident; meet with
2. be the case by chance
3. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

adjective

1. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

Examples

Sony Pictures Animation has a full slate of films including the mouth-watering 3D comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which opened as the #1 movie in North America on September 18, Hotel Transylvania, now in pre-production and, in association with Columbia Pictures, The Smurfs, now in production.

Having a couple of chances and that luck is missing for me now.

Some random bluster and name-drop: "In 2005, we sponsored Rock the Vote, [garbled, something about wine], we got a chance to connect with President Obama then.

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