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What does low chance mean?

What does low chance mean?

“Low odds” mean something is likely, and “high odds” mean something is unlikely, but many people get the two confused. High odds mean that if you’ve placed a bet, you’ll win a high payout; and low odds mean that if you’ve placed a bet, you’ll win a lower payout.

How do you say chances are low?

synonyms for very little chance

  1. chance in a million.
  2. ghost of a chance.
  3. impossible.
  4. no chance.
  5. no way.
  6. not a prayer.
  7. poor outlook.
  8. unthinkable.

What is a synonym for low chance?

What is another word for very little chance?

fat chance chance in a million
poor possibility poor prospect
slim chance small chance
snowball’s chance in hell unthinkable
when hell freezes over

What does a high chance mean?

1) excellent, good, high, strong | fair, fighting, sporting, realistic, reasonable. “There’s a fair chance that nobody will come to the talk.” 2) little, the merest, million-to-one, minimal, outside, slender, slim, slight. “There was only a million-to-one chance of it happening.”

Can you still get pregnant when it’s a low chance?

The chances of pregnancy are lowest during a person’s period and in the days before and after the period. However, they may still become pregnant if they have ovulated early or late in their cycle, as sperm can survive in the body for several days.

Can you still get pregnant on low chance days?

Is it possible? Although it is possible to get pregnant in the days leading up to your period, it isn’t likely. You can only get pregnant during a narrow window of five to six days a month. When these fertile days actually occur depends on when you ovulate, or release an egg from your ovary.

What is a synonym for having a good chance?

What is another word for good chance?

sporting chance decent chance
fair shot reasonable chance
sporting shot betting proposition
flip of the coin gambler’s chance
good possibility hazard of the die

What is a synonym for very little?

synonyms for by very little barely. hardly. scarce. scarcely.

What does ghost of a chance mean?

Definition of ghost of a chance : any chance at all He doesn’t have/stand a ghost of a chance of winning.

What does it mean to slight someone?

transitive verb. 1 : to treat as slight or unimportant : make light of. 2 : to treat with disdain or indifference slight a guest. 3 : to perform or attend to carelessly and inadequately don’t slight your work.

What are the chances that meaning?

used for saying that something is likely to happen but is not certain. The chances are that I will be looking for a new job soon. Synonyms and related words. Certain or likely to happen.

Can I get pregnant if he put it in for a few seconds?

Yes, it’s possible to become pregnant ANYTIME you have unprotected sex. Even though you only had intercourse for a few seconds and your bf did not ejaculate and release “semen”, it’s possible that “pre-ejaculation” was released. Pre-ejaculation or “pre-cum” is a fluid that can contain sperm from previous ejaculations.

What does it mean there’s a little chance?

There’s little chance = it is highly improbable, you can practically exclude it. There’s a small chance = there is a certain probability, even if not very great. I don’t like ” a little chance”, but it would mean the same as ” a small chance”.

Which is better a chance or a small?

A chance can be all of these things, and more. The top 50 collocations from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) and the British National Corpus (BNC) look as follows: These usage stats suggest that overall, slim is somewhat preferred over small, and both are clearly preferred over low, on both sides of the pond.

Is there such a thing as a low chance of cancer?

“Low chance” sounds slightly strange to me, but the meaning in your example is clear. “Slim chance” seems a bit informal. “Slim chance” and its opposite, “fat chance”, can imply flippancy. I would not say “a slim chance of cancer”.

Why do people think there is a low chance of something bad happening to them?

Nearly 50% of those surveyed believe their clients underinsure because they thought there was a low chance of something bad happening to them.