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adjective
- 1. favoured by or involving good luck; lucky: "she'd been fortunate to escape serious injury" Similar Opposite
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FORTUNATE definition: 1. lucky: 2. lucky: 3. receiving or bringing a good thing that was uncertain or unexpected: . Learn more.
The meaning of FORTUNATE is bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain : auspicious. How to use fortunate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Fortunate.
Definition of fortunate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
You can be fortunate to have avoided something terrible and you can be fortunate to have acquired, won, or been bestowed with something better than those around you, like wealth and good looks. The adjective fortunate comes from the Latin word fortunatus, meaning “prospered,” “prosperous,” “lucky,” or “happy.”
If you say that someone or something is fortunate, you mean that they are lucky. He was extremely fortunate to survive. Central London is fortunate in having so many large parks and open spaces. It was fortunate that the water was shallow. She is in the fortunate position of having plenty of choice. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Fortunate definition: having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky. See examples of FORTUNATE used in a sentence.
FORTUNATE definition: lucky: . Learn more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English for‧tu‧nate /ˈfɔːtʃənət $ ˈfɔːr-/ adjective 1 someone who is fortunate has something good happen to them, or is in a good situation SYN lucky fortunate to do something I’ve been fortunate to find a career that I love.
Fortunate implies that the success is obtained by the operation of favorable circumstances more than by direct effort; it is usually applied to grave or large matters (esp. those happening in the ordinary course of things): fortunate in one's choice of a wife; a fortunate investment.
Fortunate definition: Bringing something good and unforeseen; auspicious.
