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English Dictionary: fortunate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fortunate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fortunate adj having unexpected good fortune; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice" Antonym(s): unfortunate supremely favored; "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust" Synonym(s): fortunate, golden presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions" Synonym(s): fortunate, rosy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fortunate \For"tunate\ (?; 135), a. [L. fortunatus, p. p. of fortunare to make fortunate* or prosperous, fr. fortuna. See {Fortune}, n.] 1. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment. 2. Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky. Syn: Auspicious; lucky; prosperous; successful; favored; happy. Usage: {Fortunate}, {Successful}, {Prosperous}. A man is fortunate, when he is favored of fortune, and has unusual blessings fall to his lot; successful when he gains what he aims at; prosperous when he succeeds in those things which men commonly desire. One may be fortunate, in some cases, where he is not successful; he may be successful, but, if he has been mistaken in the value of what he has aimed at, he may for that reason fail to be prosperous.