Luck

[lʌk]

Definition

(noun.) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; 'bad luck caused his downfall'; 'we ran into each other by pure chance'.

(noun.) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; 'it was my good luck to be there'; 'they say luck is a lady'; 'it was as if fortune guided his hand'.

Checker: Rudolph--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Chance, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, fate.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See CHANCE]

Checker: Marie

Definition

n. fortune good or bad: chance: lot: good fortune.—adv. Luck′ily.—n. Luck′iness.—adj. Luck′less without good luck: unhappy.—adv. Luck′lessly.—ns. Luck′lessness; Luck′-penn′y a trifle returned for luck by a seller to a buyer: a coin carried for luck.—adj. Luck′y having good luck: auspicious.—n. Luck′y-bag a receptacle for lost property on board a man-of-war.—Be down on one's luck to be unfortunate.

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