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luck

noun

1 luck

Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you):
— The luck of the Irish.

synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, portion.

Roget 734: prosperity, welfare, well-being; affluence etc. (wealth) 803; success etc. 731; thrift, roaring trade; good fortune, smiles of fortune; ... show more

Roget 621: chance etc. 156; lot, fate etc. (necessity) 601; luck; good luck etc. (good) 618; ... show more

Dutch: geluk, toedracht

2 luck

An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another:
— Bad luck caused his downfall.

synonyms: chance, fortune, hazard.

Roget 156: chance, indetermination, accident, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc, casualty, contingence, adventure, ... show more

Dutch: risico, onheilsdreiging, dreiging, kans

3 luck

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.

synonym: fortune.

Dutch: lot, bof, fortuin, geluk, mazzel, zwijn, zwijntje


Moby thesaurus: accident, accidentality, actuarial calculation, adventitiousness, blessing, break, bump, calculated risk, capriciousness, casualness, chance, chances, chanciness, changeableness, destiny, erraticism, erraticness, fate, felicity, fickleness ... show more.

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