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sporting chance

sport·ing chance
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [spawr-ting, spohr- chans, chahns]
    • /ˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr- tʃæns, tʃɑns/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [spawr-ting, spohr- chans, chahns]
    • /ˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr- tʃæns, tʃɑns/

Definitions of sporting chance words

  • noun sporting chance an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts. 1
  • noun sporting chance fair opportunity 1
  • noun sporting chance a fair or even chance 0
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Origin of sporting chance

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900

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Parts of speech for Sporting chance

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Sporting chance

sporting chance popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

sporting chance usage trend in Literature

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