Dictionary 1. (n.) A time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions\; suitable occasion; chance.2. (n.) Convenience of situation; fitness. 3. (n.) Importunity; earnestness. Thesaurus a leg up accidentality actuarial calculation adventitiousness bout break casualness chance clear stage destiny fair field fair game fate flukiness fortuitousness fortuity fortune gamble go good fortune good luck hap happenstance happy chance heedless hap hope how they fall indeterminacy indeterminateness inning innings juncture law of averages leisure liberty look-in lot luck moira moment occasion opening opportunism pass place possibility prayer principle of indeterminacy probability problematicness random sample relief risk room round run of luck say scope serendipity shot show space spell squeak statistical probability stepping-stone the breaks theory of probability time time at bat turn uncertainty uncertainty principle whack whatever comes |