Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To risk doing something; to try something risky.

    He took a chance by supporting the unknown artist.

    рискова́тьriskovátʹ

More definitions
  • take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

Examples

195 sentences

  1. Let's take a chance and go for broke.

    Скористаймося шансом і ходімо ва-банк. — Ahha

    ruДавайте рискнём и пойдём ва-банк. — odexed

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  2. Let's take a chance.

    Спробуймо! — deniko

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  3. I'm not taking any chances.

    Я не хочу ризикувати. — shanghainese

    deIch gehe kein Risiko ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Don't take chances.

    Не випробовуй долю. — deniko

    ruНе испытывай судьбу. — Lenin_1917

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  5. Take a chance.

    Спробуй! — shanghainese

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to risk:

Forms

takes a chance, taking a chance, took a chance, taken a chance
Base formtake a chance · to take a chance
3rd person singulartakes a chance
Present participletaking a chance
Past simpletook a chance
Past participletaken a chance

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytake a chance
he, she, ittakes a chance

Past simpleLesson

all personstook a chance

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave taken a chance
he, she, ithas taken a chance

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill take a chance

Synonyms

11 synonyms
roll the dicetake a flyertake a gambletake a risk
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tainttajtakeA1takeawayB1takeoffB1takeout

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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