lucky

/'lʌki/

Thân thiện

She found a lucky four-leaf clover in the grass.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having or bringing good fortune: Describes a person, thing, or situation that is favored by chance, resulting in a positive or successful outcome.
   • Presaging or likely to bring good luck: Describes something that is considered an omen or sign of future good fortune.
   • Occurring by chance with a favorable result: Describes an event or outcome that happens by accident but has a positive effect.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • She felt lucky to have found such a good friend.
  • He always carries his lucky charm to exams.
  • It was a lucky coincidence that we met at the airport.
  • That was a lucky guess; I didn't know the answer for sure.

Advanced Usage

• "to be lucky at cards": to have consistent good fortune in games of chance.
  • He's always lucky at cards, so we don't like to play poker with him.
• "to be lucky in love": to have good fortune in romantic relationships.
  • She has been lucky in love and found her partner early in life.
• "to thank one's lucky stars": to feel grateful for one's good fortune.
  • You should thank your lucky stars that no one was hurt in the accident.

Variants and Related Words

• Luckily (adverb): by good fortune; fortunately.
  • Luckily, I had an umbrella when it started to rain.
• Luck (noun): success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions.
  • Winning the lottery was pure luck.
• Unlucky (adjective): having, bringing, or resulting from bad luck.
  • He was unlucky to miss the winning goal by inches.

Synonyms

• Fortunate: Favored by or involving good luck; lucky.
• Auspicious: Conducive to success; favorable.
• Serendipitous: Occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

Related Phrases

• Strike it lucky (idiom): to have a sudden piece of good luck.
  • They struck it lucky when they found the lost wallet with all the money still inside.
• Push one's luck (idiom): to take a risk on the assumption that one's current good fortune will continue.
  • You've won twice already; don't push your luck by betting again.
• Beginner's luck (idiom): good luck supposedly experienced by a beginner at a particular activity.
  • She won her first chess game; it must be beginner's luck.

Idioms

• Lucky break: a piece of good fortune, especially one that leads to success.
  • Getting that internship was her lucky break into the film industry.
• Lucky dip: (British English) a game in which small prizes are concealed in a container and chosen at random by participants; figuratively, a situation whose outcome is based purely on chance.
  • Choosing a team from the new hires is a bit of a lucky dip.
• You'll be lucky!: (informal) used to express that something is very unlikely to happen.
  • "Do you think the boss will give us the day off?" – "You'll be lucky!"

Học thuật

Adjective

1. presaging or likely to bring good luck
   • a favorable time to ask for a raise
   • lucky stars
   • a prosperous moment to make a decision
2. having or bringing good fortune
   • my lucky day
   • a lucky man
3. occurring by chance
   • a lucky escape
   • a lucky guess

Từ đồng nghĩa

• golden
• favorable
• favourable
• prosperous