Luck - Definition
luck
n 1: 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" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate,
luck, lot, circumstances, portion]
2: 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" [syn:
luck, fortune, chance, hazard]
3: 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"
[syn: luck, fortune]