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half-chance

half-chance noun: a slight chance.

Noun

half-chance (plural half-chances)

  1. A slight chance.
    • She did what most of us would, given a half-chance.
    • Jelavic fired the next half-chance over after Lee McCulloch had punched a hole in Celtic’s defence.2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record

Forms of half-chance

pluralhalf-chances

Questions about half-chance

What does half-chance mean?
Half-chance means a slight chance.
What part of speech is half-chance?
Half-chance is a noun.
What is the plural of half-chance?
The plural of half-chance is half-chances.

Words near half-chance in the dictionary

  1. half-cell
  2. half-cells
  3. half-centuries
  4. half-century
  5. half-chair
  6. half-chance
  7. half-chances
  8. half-clammed
  9. half-cock
  10. half-cocked
  11. half-colonel

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