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luck

/lʌk/

lucknoun

Translations

счастье

Finding a parking spot right in front of the store was pure luck.

Найти парковочное место прямо перед магазином было чистым счастьем.

удача

He had a stroke of luck and won the lottery.

Ему повезло, и он выиграл в лотерею.

везение

Her success was partly due to luck.

Ее успех был частично обусловлен везением.

Additional translations

фортуна

судьба

Definitions

Success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions.

Winning the lottery was a stroke of luck.

The force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities.

He attributed his success to good luck rather than hard work.

A superstitious feeling that certain actions or objects can influence one's fortune.

She always carries a rabbit's foot for luck.

Synonyms

good fortune

luckverb

lucked

Past Simple

lucked

Past Participle

lucking

Gerund

/lʌk/

Informal; chiefly North American. Intransitive or transitive use meaning ‘to succeed or obtain by chance’.

Definitions

To succeed or achieve something by chance, often followed by a particle such as ‘out’ or ‘into’.

We lucked out and found an empty parking space right in front of the theater.

To obtain or bring about (something) accidentally or by good fortune, usually with a particle like ‘into’ or ‘onto’.

She lucked into a scholarship that covered all her tuition fees.

Synonyms

luck into

strike it lucky

come upon

hit upon

happen to

happen upon

stumble upon

chance on

chance upon

luck out

get lucky

luckadjective

Used attributively before another noun to denote association with good fortune (e.g., "luck penny").

Definitions

Relating to or associated with good fortune; used attributively before another noun.

She kept a luck stone around her neck as a talisman.