What does even chance mean?

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even chance

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English

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noun

A chance in which success is just as likely as failure.

even chances (plural)

as likely as not as often as not fifty-fifty

as likely as not as often as not fifty-fifty fat chance

tossup toss-up

What does even chance mean?: A chance in which success is just as likely as failure.

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