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lucky — adjective (luckier; est) Date: 15th century 1. having good luck 2. happening by chance ; fortuitous 3. producing or resulting in good by chance ; favorable 4. seeming to bring good luck < a lucky rabbit s foot > • luckiness … New Collegiate Dictionary
fortunate — for|tu|nate S3 [ˈfo:tʃənət US ˈfo:r ] adj 1.) someone who is fortunate has something good happen to them, or is in a good situation = ↑lucky fortunate to do sth ▪ I ve been fortunate to find a career that I love. ▪ I was fortunate enough to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lucky — lucky,[/p] fortunate, happy, providential all mean meeting with or producing a favorable outcome or an unforeseen or unpredictable success. Lucky implies that the person or persons involved have been favored by chance and that the success has not … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Lucky — Luck y, a. [Compar. {Luckier}; superl. {Luckiest}.] 1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer. Lucky wight. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Producing, or resulting in, good by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fortunate — For tu*nate (?; 135), a. [L. fortunatus, p. p. of fortunare to make fortunate or prosperous, fr. fortuna. See {Fortune}, n.] 1. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lucky duckies — is a term that was used in Wall Street Journal editorials starting on 20 November 2002 to refer to Americans who pay no federal income tax because they are at an income level that is below the tax line (after deductions and credits). The term has … Wikipedia
fortunate — late 14c., from L. fortunatus prospered, prosperous; lucky, happy, pp. of fortunare to make prosperous, from fortuna (see FORTUNE (Cf. fortune)). Fortunate Islands mythical abode of the blessed dead, in the Western Ocean, early 15c., translates L … Etymology dictionary
lucky — (adj.) mid 15c., of persons; 1540s, of actions or objects, likely to bring luck; from LUCK (Cf. luck) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Meaning occurring by chance is 1590s. Related: Luckier; luckiest; luckiness. Lucky break is attested from 1884 in billiards;… … Etymology dictionary
fortunate — [fôr′chə nət] adj. [ME fortunat < L fortunatus, pp. of fortunare, to make fortunate < fortuna, FORTUNE] 1. having good luck; lucky 2. bringing, or coming by, good luck; favorable; auspicious fortunately adv. fortunateness n … English World dictionary
lucky — [luk′ē] adj. luckier, luckiest 1. having good luck; fortunate 2. happening or resulting fortunately [a lucky change] 3. believed to bring good luck [a lucky coin] luckily adv. luckiness n … English World dictionary
fortunate — *lucky, providential, happy Analogous words: auspicious, propitious, *favorable, benign: advantageous, *beneficial, profitable: felicitous, happy (see FIT adj) Antonyms: unfortunate: disastrous Contrasted words: *sinister, baleful, malign … New Dictionary of Synonyms
