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Fortunate

//ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Auspicious.

    "It is a fortunate sign if the sun shines on a newly wedded couple."

  2. 2
    Happening by good luck or favorable chance.

    "Patrick was the unlikely match-winner as Berkeley earned a fortunate victory over Chisolm."

  3. 3
    Favored by fortune.

    "We were fortunate not to be fined for speeding."

Adjective
  1. 1
    presaging good fortune wordnet
  2. 2
    supremely favored wordnet
  3. 3
    having unexpected good fortune wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English fortunat(e) (“fortunate”), from Latin fortūnātus, from fortūna (“fortune, luck”) + -ātus (adjective-forming suffix), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English fortunaten (“to assure the success (of), make fortunate”); cognate with French fortuné (“lucky”). By surface analysis, fortune + -ate.

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