LUCK

• (noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

  "bad luck caused his downfall", "we ran into each other by pure chance"

  synonyms : chance , fortune , hazard

• (noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome

  "it was my good luck to be there", "they say luck is a lady", "it was as if fortune guided his hand"

  synonyms : fortune

• (noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

  "whatever my fortune may be", "deserved a better fate", "has a happy lot", "the luck of the Irish", "a victim of circumstances", "success that was her portion"

  synonyms : circumstances , destiny , fate , fortune , lot , portion

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