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fortunate

[ fawr-chuh-nit ]

adjective

  1. having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky:

    a fortunate young actor who got the lead in the play.

  2. bringing or indicating good fortune: resulting favorably; auspicious:

    She made a fortunate decision to go on to medical school.

  3. a summer camp for less fortunate fourth graders.



fortunate

/ ˈfɔːtʃənɪt /

adjective

  1. having good luck; lucky
  2. occurring by or bringing good fortune or luck; auspicious


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Derived Forms

  • ˈfortunateness, noun

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Other Words From

  • fortu·nate·ly adverb
  • fortu·nate·ness noun
  • quasi-fortu·nate adjective
  • quasi-fortu·nate·ly adverb
  • super·fortu·nate adjective
  • super·fortu·nate·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fortunate1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English fortunat, from Latin fortūnātus “made prosperous or happy” (past participle of fortūnāre ); fortune, -ate 1

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Example Sentences

Today, we are fortunate enough to have more options than ever.

In November of 2019 I was fortunate enough to attend the Google webmaster conference at Google headquarters in Mountain View.

The youngest of four children of a military general in La Paz, she got in trouble for sneaking food and clothes from her home to give to less fortunate neighbors.

America is fortunate to have Pete as their secretary of transportation.

Wachter and several older Americans who were recently vaccinated told The Washington Post they consider themselves fortunate to have gotten the shots and realize navigating the uncertainties of a post-vaccine life is a good problem to have.

I am fortunate that I have never been deathly ill, but whenever I have the stomach flu, I most certainly feel like I am dying.

“He is fortunate he found himself in the same room,” David Kirkpatrick, author of a book about the website, told the Times.

I was very fortunate that the actors, DP, and set designer I had were top-level.

She is aware that both personally and professionally, she has been fortunate.

Residents fortunate enough to have escaped began returning to the destroyed village at the beginning of August.

And having an enormous appetite he was fortunate in being expert at finding angleworms.

He thus decoyed them away, and the fortunate couple were enabled to reach the British lines under cover of the darkness.

The events which succeeded this fortunate capture are too well known to require more than a very brief recapitulation.

I never dare venture over except as the guest of some more fortunate friend.

Mr. Meadow Mouse did not hesitate to use it, being one of those fortunate folk that are quite at home anywhere.

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Someone who is fortunate has good fortune or enjoys good luck and success. How is fortunate different from happy and lucky? Find out on Thesaurus.com.

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