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Main Entry:	luck [luhk] Show IPA/lʌk/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	good fortune
Synonyms:	advantage, big break, blessing, break, fluke, fortunateness, godsend, good luck, happiness, health, in the cards, karma, kismet, luckiness, lucky break, occasion, opportunity, profit, prosperity, run of luck, serendipity, smile, streak of luck, stroke, success, triumph, victory, weal, wealth, win, windfall
Antonyms:	bad fortune, misfortune

* = informal/non-formal usage

Related Words

Main Entry:	luck
Part of Speech:	noun
Related Adjectives:	accidental, adventitious, aimless, aleatory, casual, causeless, contingent, designless, driftless, fortuitous, fortunate, habnab, haply, incidental, indeterminate, indiscriminate, never thought of, not meant, possible, promiscuous, purposeless, random, uncaused, undesigned, undetermined, undirected, unintended, unintentional, unpremeditated, unpurposed, unwitting, without purpose

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Main Entry:	accident
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	chance event
Synonyms:	adventure, circumstance, contingency, fate, fluke, fortuity, fortune, happening, luck, occasion, occurrence, turn
Antonyms:	calculation, decision, decree, plan

Example Sentences

Contrary to popular opinion, a hitter's luck does not necessarily even out over the course of the season.

Although good luck matching your current salary in a director position.

But a combination of luck and entrepreneurship saved the day.

Contrary to popular opinion, a hitter's luck does not necessarily even out over the course of the season.

Although good luck matching your current salary in a director position.

But a combination of luck and entrepreneurship saved the day.

Panama's golden frog is a symbol of good luck and prosperity.

Now some researchers think it was more a matter of luck than vigor.

Today, it is still considered good luck to draw the prize in the cake.

Celebrate the year of the pig with festive, tasty foods symbolizing luck and goodwill.

It was pure luck that i was out taking night pictures at the same time as.

Most entrepreneurs tell me almost sheepishly that luck has played a big part in their success.

Good luck but don't take it personally if you do not get.

Recession in rich countries has discouraged some would-be incomers from trying their luck.

If you're looking for a less-toxic way to stamp out mold, you're in luck.

People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck.

Luck is important, but it is equally important for photographers to know what to bring out in a subject.

Good luck all of you hop-heads out there who are interested in trying your luck at growing your own.

The military has tried using robots to defeat insurgent bombs for years, without much luck.

Good luck with the faculty support office, and perhaps raise the the possibility of marriage counseling with your husband.

But that is mostly because of luck, and luck does not last.

Watch a hungry river otter try his luck in this video.

East--to the right--represented luck and positive omens.

In fact, the ship seemed to tow bad luck in its wake.

The blackout couldn't have come at a worse time for a city that was already down on its luck.

Good luck and feel free to send me a private message for more info.

Winning a consignment takes patience, hard work and luck.

Locals do everything they can to bring in good luck and.

Seriously, best of luck with your endeavors, but remember that the premise makes the problem.

As luck would have it, they were making soup that night.

We say good luck to all the players in this crowded field.

Steinman's run of luck finally ran out, but his run of top medical prizes did not.

But those who work hard tend to make their own luck.

Sometimes, people would jump through the flames or run through the dying embers in the belief it would bring luck.

They take their luck with currents, and create tiny eddies to guide food toward their tendrils.

Museum curators, however, dismiss the idea of the stone bringing bad luck.

Only a last-minute stroke of luck revealed how the majestic creatures were being accidentally poisoned by medicine given to cows.

Sorry to be discouraging, but hopefully with persistence and a little good luck at the right time, you can solve this.

Powerful men use shaken bones or ground-up herbs or sacrifice an animal to bring luck.

Two pugs dressed as ladybugs, red and black insects thought to bring good luck in some cultures.

We wish you luck in performing your essential work in a difficult industry.

Good luck working with this the rest of the way which will continue i'm sure for years.

We originally started playing on the dining room table, but had no luck in getting the bugs airborne.

Its your decision, though, so good luck on what you decide clean.

Then by sheer dumb luck someone will be operating a business model that happens to serve the needs of millions of people.

Scientists haven't had much luck studying sea dragons in the wild because they are increasingly rare.

I've had better luck with this than with arguments about probability theory or information availability.

It's strategic war but also includes a sizable luck element.

Rents have been on the decline, so this may be your luck.

Yet to imply that her woes are the product of bad timing and poor luck misses the mark.

And when a caterpillar finds itself in the crosshairs of the parasitic wasp, the luck of the host ants runs dry, too.

In truth, though, luck played a big role in those successes.

Smart zipper placement means pickpockets are out of luck.

In my experience, only lucky people don't notice that luck plays its part in success or failure.

But the rare creature's luck ran out-it died shortly after capture.

But whether through luck or indecision, her attempts were not drastic enough to end her life before help arrived.

It's a different game each time you play, since there is an element of luck and a large deck of cards.

Good luck on getting rid of, or regulating of, those deadly chemicles.

Peugeot was only marginally better in the luck department.

Single guys with high testosterone had better luck finding mates by the study's end, and were more likely to have become fathers.

He could not generate the luck and could only rarely succeed, and he knows.

It would have been really cool to actually see some dark colored iron sticking to the magnets, but no such luck.

Used in numerous festivals year-round, today sky lanterns often signify good luck or new beginnings.

Good luck with that, but don't let me catch you at it.

Btw, molecules do not combine to form more complex organic chains by luck.

With any luck you will be hit by a car and killed thus making the world a better place.

Tiger claws are worn as an amulet for courage and good luck.

As luck would have it, his daughter has been watching from inside the house.

However successful a species is in their survival and propagation techniques, there's still a whole lot of luck involved.

Main Entry:	advantage
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	benefit, favored position or circumstance
Synonyms:	aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, expediency, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leg-up, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, pre-eminence, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand, utility, wealth
Notes:	advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage
Antonyms:	disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction

Main Entry:	big win
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	desirable chance discovery
Synonyms:	accidental discovery, chance discovery, good fortune, luck, serendipity

Main Entry:	break
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	lucky happening
Synonyms:	accident, advantage, chance, favorable circumstances, fortune, good luck, luck, occasion, opening, opportunity, shot, show, stroke of luck, time
Antonyms:	bad luck, misfortune

Main Entry:	bump into
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	happen upon
Synonyms:	chance upon, come across, encounter, hit, light, light upon, luck, meet, meet up with, run across, run into, stumble, tumble

Main Entry:	chance
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	happen
Synonyms:	arrive, be one's fate, befall, betide, blunder on, break, bump, come, come about, come off, come to pass, fall out, fall to one's lot, go, hap, hit upon, light, light upon, luck, meet, occur, stumble, stumble on, transpire, tumble, turn up

Main Entry:	coincidence
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	accidental happening
Synonyms:	accident, chance, eventuality, fate, fluke, fortuity, happening, happy accident, incident, luck, stroke of luck
Antonyms:	design, plan, scheme

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