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Meaning of 'luck' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Luck [ n.]
- That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill.

Meaning of 'luck' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . luck [ n]
Meaning (1):
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
Example in sentence:
  • a victim of circumstances;
  • deserved a better fate;
  • has a happy lot;
  • success that was her portion;
  • the luck of the Irish;
  • whatever my fortune may be
Meaning (2):
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
Example in sentence:
  • bad luck caused his downfall;
  • we ran into each other by pure chance
Meaning (3):
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
Example in sentence:
  • it was as if fortune guided his hand;
  • it was my good luck to be there;
  • they say luck is a lady

Nearby Words:

lucarne lucchese luce lucency lucent lucern lucernal lucernaria lucernarian lucernarida

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