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English to English noun
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an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another |  | Example: bad luck caused his downfall
we ran into each other by pure chance
source: wordnet30
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a large amount of wealth or prosperity | | source: wordnet30
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an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome | | Example: it was my good luck to be there
they say luck is a lady
it was as if fortune guided his hand
source: wordnet30
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your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | | Example: whatever my fortune may be
deserved a better fate
has a happy lot
the luck of the Irish
a victim of circumstances
success that was her portion
source: wordnet30
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The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life. | | source: webster1913 verb
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To make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to. | | source: webster1913
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To fall out; to happen. | | source: webster1913
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