Definition of 'lucky'
Word forms: comparative luckier
, superlative luckiest
1. adjective [oft ADJECTIVE to-infinitive]
3. adjective
If you describe an action or experience as lucky, you mean that it was good or successful, and that it happened by chance and not as a result of planning or preparation.
5. See also happy-go-lucky
6.
See sb will be lucky
7.
8.
See lucky sb
9.
See strike lucky
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lucky in American English
adjectiveWord forms: ˈluckier or ˈluckiest
1.
having good luck; fortunate
3.
believed to bring good luck
a lucky coin
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Derived forms
luckily (ˈluckily)
adverb
luckiness (ˈluckiness)
noun
Word Frequency
lucky in American English 1
(ˈlʌki)
adjectiveWord forms: luckier, luckiest
SYNONYMS 1. favored. See fortunate. 3. auspicious, propitious, favorable.ANTONYMS 1. unfortunate.2.
happening fortunately
a lucky accident
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Derived forms
luckiness noun
Word origin
[1495–1505; luck + -y1]Word Frequency
lucky in American English 2
(ˈlʌki)
nounWord forms: plural luckies Scot
Also: luckie2.
a familiar name applied to a woman, as one's wife or a barmaid
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lucky
British English: lucky
/ˈlʌkɪ/ ADJECTIVE
If someone is lucky, they are in a very desirable situation.
I am luckier than most. I have a job.
- American English: lucky /ˈlʌki/
- Arabic: مَحْظُوظٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: sortudo
- Chinese: 幸运的
- Croatian: sretan
- Czech: šťastný mající štěstí
- Danish: heldig
- Dutch: gelukkig
- European Spanish: afortunado
- Finnish: onnekas
- French: chanceux
- German: Glücks-
- Greek: τυχερός
- Italian: fortunato
- Japanese: 運のよい
- Korean: 운이 좋은
- Norwegian: heldig
- Polish: szczęśliwy
- European Portuguese: sortudo
- Romanian: norocos
- Russian: удачный
- Latin American Spanish: afortunado
- Swedish: som har tur
- Thai: ซึ่งมีโชคดี
- Turkish: şanslı
- Ukrainian: вдалий
- Vietnamese: may mắn
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