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English to English noun
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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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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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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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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. | | source: webster1913
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