fair+chance
81sporting chance — n. Informal a fair or even chance …
82play fair — play using rules, give everyone an equal chance A referee will help us to play fair, to play according to the rules …
83be fair — spoken used for telling someone to stop being unreasonable Be fair, they didn t really give her much of a chance …
84if Saint Paul’s day be fair and clear, it will betide a happy year — The Conversion of St. Paul is traditionally celebrated on 25 January. Cf. c 1340 ROBERT OF AVESBURY Hist. (1720) 266 clara dies Pauli bona tempora denotat anni, a clear St. Paul’s day denotes good times for the year. 1584 R. SCOT Discovery of… …
85sporting chance — sport′ing chance′ n. a fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise • Etymology: 1895–1900 …
86fairshake — fair shake n. Informal A fair chance, as at achieving success. * * * …
87Gambler's fallacy — The Gambler s fallacy, also known as the Monte Carlo fallacy (because its most famous example happened in a Monte Carlo Casino in 1913)[1], and also referred to as the fallacy of the maturity of chances, is the belief that if deviations from… …
88Probability — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Probability >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 probability probability likelihood Sgm: N 1 credibleness credibleness Sgm: N 1 likeliness likeliness &c. >Adj. GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 vraisemblance vraisemblance …
89Comparison of cricket and baseball — Cricket and baseball are the best known members of a family of related bat and ball games. While many of their rules, terminology, and strategies are similar, there are many differences some subtle, some major between the two games. Other present …
90Comparison between cricket and baseball — Baseball and cricket at the professional level are the best known members of a family of related bat and ball games. While many of their rules, terminology, and strategies are similar, there are many differences some subtle, some major between… …
