What does fortunate mean?
Definitions for fortunate
ˈfɔr tʃə nɪtfor·tu·nate
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Princeton's WordNet
fortunate(adj)
having unexpected good fortune
"other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice"
fortunate, golden(adj)
supremely favored
"golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust"
fortunate, rosy(adj)
presaging good fortune
"she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions"
Wiktionary
fortunate(Adjective)
Coming by good luck or favorable chance.
fortunate(Adjective)
Bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain.
fortunate(Adjective)
Presaging happiness.
fortunate(Adjective)
Auspicious.
fortunate(Adjective)
Receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts.
fortunate(Adjective)
Lucky, favored by fortune.
Webster Dictionary
Fortunate(noun)
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
Fortunate(noun)
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
Freebase
Fortunate
"Fortunate" is a neo soul song from the 1999 motion picture Life and was released on the film's soundtrack. The song was written, composed, produced and arranged by R. Kelly and recorded by Maxwell. "Fortunate" was awarded Best R&B Single of the Year at the Billboard Music Awards and Best R&B/Soul Single at Soul Train Awards. Maxwell was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Male Vocalist and also nominated for a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Song of the Year. The song, Maxwell's biggest hit to date, spent eight weeks at number one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. It is his first number-one R&B hit, eventually followed by "Pretty Wings" in 2009. The song was made exclusively for the film and was played during the end credits.
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'fortunate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4543
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Rank popularity for the word 'fortunate' in Adjectives Frequency: #868
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fortunate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fortunate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of fortunate in a Sentence
It's fortunate we don't have greater injuries.
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
One is never as fortunate or as unfortunate as one thinks.
We feel so fortunate, we’re the luckiest people in the world.
Joshua Jones considers Joshua Jones really blessed and fortunate.
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