(chances for or against)
1against — [[t]əge̱nst, əge͟ɪnst[/t]] ♦ (In addition to the uses shown below, against is used in phrasal verbs such as come up against , guard against , and hold against .) 1) PREP If one thing is leaning or pressing against another, it is touching it. She… …
2Against the run of play — The term against the run of play is used in football (soccer) to describe an event or action against the flow of the game. For example, if team A is having all of the possession, all of the chances and are dictating the game, yet team B have one… …
3The Chances — is a Jacobean era stage play, a comedy written by John Fletcher. It was one of Fletcher s great popular successes, frequently performed and reprinted in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. [Terence P. Logan and Denzell S. Smith, eds., The… …
4Hungarian discrimination against Roma people — Whereas almost half the Hungarian secondary school students enroll in vocational secondary schools or comprehensive grammar schools, which provide better chances, only one in five Roma children does so. Moreover, the drop out rate in secondary… …
5Doctrine of chances — Chance Chance (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical… …
6Theory of chances — Chance Chance (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical… …
7To mind one's chances — Chance Chance (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical… …
8Second Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Second Encirclement Campaign partof=the Chinese Civil War caption= date=April 1 May 31, 1931 place=Jiangxi province result=Red Army victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1= commander2= strength1=200,000… …
9Plan for Completion of Combined Bomber Offensive — Main articles: Combined Bomber Offensive and Oil Campaign of World War II The Plan for Completion of [the] Combined Bomber Offensive was a strategic bombing recommendation made by HQ USSTAF for the Allies of World War II to target Axis… …
10Doctrine of chances — For the 18th century book on probability theory, see The Doctrine of Chances. Evidence …
