fortunate
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1.8
- adjective
- /ˈfɔːrtʃənɪt/
:
afortunado
- I consider myself very fortunate to have such supportive friends.
- fortunate enough
- less fortunate
- feel fortunate
But that's why I feel fortunate to be a writer, right?
- But that's why I feel fortunate to be a writer, right?
- And if you're fortunate enough to be here today.
- And I thought, like, some people are fortunate enough to have both.
- My goodness, how fortunate we are that Stanford is here.
- We are so fortunate to be poets.
- I was very fortunate in my parents.
- So, you know, not everybody is as fortunate as as I in that regard.
- And I was also fortunate that I had a lot of peers.
- I'm so you know, I'm really fortunate to have played with these people.
- Did you stop to realize how fortunate you are for having these things?
- And, you know, I think you were very fortunate to know somebody like him.
- And I was just really fortunate to have some good leaders at that time.
- I was very fortunate to have him in, in my life.
Examples
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We are so fortunate to be poets.
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Sorensen died this past year, and we feel fortunate to honor her in this way.
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And I thought, like, some people are fortunate enough to have both.
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And we're really fortunate that we learned from our data.
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Did you stop to realize how fortunate you are for having these things?
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I was very fortunate in my parents.
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I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to work in an urban setting.
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And one way in which I've been fortunate is my parents.
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In this issue, we are fortunate to welcome a pioneer in readers' advisory.
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As a survivor of genocide, I have been fortunate for many reasons.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
Having good things happen by chance
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1.6
Having something good happen by chance
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7.3
Happening by chance in a lucky or helpful way
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8.3
Very lucky in a way that seems unfair or surprising
Feeling lucky and happy about something
Antonyms
Compounds
How Fortunate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fortunate comes from the Latin word fortuna, which meant 'luck' or 'chance' and is the same root as the familiar word fortune, and people even pictured Fortuna as a goddess who gave good or bad luck. So to be fortunate is to have good 'luck' or to be favoured by chance.