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1. (adj.) fortunate
receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky.
2. fortunate
bringing or indicating good fortune:
a fortunate decision.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME fortunat < L fortūnāre to make successful)
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1. (adj) fortunate
having unexpected good fortune
"other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice"
2. (adj) fortunate, golden
supremely favored
"golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust"
3. (adj) fortunate, rosy
presaging good fortune
"she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions"
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1. (adjective) fortunate
≠ unfortunate
He was fortunate to be surrounded by loyal friends.; It was fortunate that he was there to help.
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1. (noun) fortunate
coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment
2. (noun) fortunate
receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky
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Sense: having good fortune; lucky
It was fortunate that no-one was killed in the accident.
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 Afrikaans: gelukkig |
 Arabic: مَحْظوظ |
 Bulgarian: щастлив |
 Brazilian: afortunado |
 Czech: šťastný |
 German: glücklich |
 Danish: heldig |
 Greek: τυχερός |
 Spanish: afortunado |
 Estonian: õnnelik |
 Farsi: خوش شانس |
 Finnish: onnekas |
 French: heureux |
 Hebrew: בַּר-מַזָל |
 Hindi: सौभाग्यशाली |
 Croatian: sretan |
 Hungarian: szerencsés |
 Indonesian: mujur |
 Icelandic: heppinn; heppilegur |
 Italian: fortunato |
 Japanese: 幸運な |
 Korean: 운이 좋은 |
 Lithuanian: laimingas |
 Latvian: laimīgs; veiksmīgs |
 Malay: nasib baik |
 Dutch: gelukkig |
 Norwegian: heldig |
 Polish: szczęśliwy, mający szczęś |
 Persian: خوش شانس |
 Pashto: ختور، نيكمرغه، نيك طالعمن |
 Portuguese: afortunado |
 Romanian: norocos |
 Russian: удачный |
 Slovak: šťastný |
 Slovenian: srečen |
 Serbian: srećan |
 Swedish: lyckosam, turlig |
 Thai: โชคดี |
 Turkish: şanslı, talihli |
 Taiwanese: 幸運的 |
 Ukrainian: щасливий |
 Urdu: خوش قسمت |
 Vietnamese: may mắn |
 Chinese: 幸运的 |
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