lucky

1 عمومی:: خوش‌ اقبال‌، بختیار، خوش‌ یمن‌، خوش‌ قدم‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: lucky happening because of good luck, or bringing you good luck: • a lucky guess • Seven is considered a lucky number. • It’s lucky that I’ve got some spare keys. • Italy got a lucky goal in the last five minutes of the game. • ‘How did you know he’d be there?’ ‘It was a lucky guess.’ fortunate happening because of good luck. Fortunate is more formal than lucky: • It was extremely fortunate that there was no one in the building when the bomb went off. • I’m in the fortunate position of doing a job I love. • Some plants actually prefer a lot of shade, which is fortunate for gardeners choosing plants for gloomy corners. it’s a good thing (that) ( also it’s a good job (that) British English ) spoken used when saying that there would have been problems if something had not happened: • It’s a good thing that you brought an umbrella with you. • It’s a good job I’m here to help. miraculous extremely lucky in a way that is almost unbelievable: • A teenager had a miraculous escape last night when the car she was travelling in overturned. • The doctor gave her a month to live but she made a miraculous recovery. • It was miraculous that no one was seriously injured in the accident. fortuitous formal happening because of good luck: • a fortuitous decision • a fortuitous coincidence • It was fortuitous that no one else was hurt. a fluke informal something that happens by chance, not because of skill or good judgement: • The goal was a fluke. • By a fluke , he managed to get the question right. be in the right place at the right time used when saying that someone is lucky and the situation is right for them: • Making money from buying property is easy – you just have to be in the right place at the right time.

Longman-Thesaurus

2 general::   adj. VERBS be | get, strike (it) (both informal) hoping that some day she'll get lucky and win the jackpot | consider/count/think youself He considered himself lucky to have had the opportunity. ADV. bloody (taboo), damn/damned, dead, exceedingly, extraordinarily, extremely, incredibly, really, remarkably, terribly, very She is incredibly lucky to be alive. | a bit, fairly, pretty, quite We've been pretty lucky so far. PREP. for It was lucky for you that no one saw you. | with We certainly struck it lucky with the weather.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

3 general:: see BORN UNDER A LUCKY STAR; STRIKE IT RICH (LUCKY); THANK ONE'S LUCKY STARS.

American Heritage Idioms

4 general:: lucky verbs feel lucky • I feel so incredibly lucky to have had that experience. get lucky informal (= be lucky ) • They’re not a great team - they just got lucky. count/consider/think yourself lucky (= believe that you are lucky in a particular situation ) • You should count yourself lucky you weren’t seriously hurt. strike (it) lucky informal (= be lucky ) • I applied for twenty jobs before I struck lucky. adverbs extremely/exceedingly/incredibly lucky (= very lucky ) • Police say it was extremely lucky that no one was killed. dead lucky informal (= very lucky ) • I was dead lucky to find a parking space right away. pretty lucky informal (= lucky, but not extremely lucky ) • We were pretty lucky with the weather on this holiday. lucky + NOUN a lucky winner • The lucky winner of the competition will be announced next week. a lucky man/woman/boy/girl • Your son’s a lucky man, having a father like you. the lucky ones (= lucky people, especially when compared to others who suffered ) • They considered themselves the lucky ones because they escaped with only minor injuries. phrases be lucky enough to do something (= have the good luck to do something ) • I was lucky enough to be selected for the school team.

transnet.ir

5 general:: adj. fortunate: She is a lucky woman to have you.

Simple Definitions