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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - lucky

 
 

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Lucky

lucky
~ adj 1 having good luck; fortunate  (be lucky (enough) to do/be)  (You were lucky to catch him in. | John was lucky enough to be selected for the team. | lucky (that))  (He's lucky he didn't break his neck.)  (We've been very lucky with the weather.) think/count yourself lucky  (You can count yourself lucky he didn't hear you.) 2 resulting from good luck  (I didn't really know your name - it was just a lucky guess. | a lucky escape) 3 bringing good luck  (a lucky charm) 4 I/you should be so lucky! spoken used to say that someone wants something that is unreasonable and not likely to happen  (You want a transfer to the London office? You should be so lucky!) 5 lucky you/me etc! spoken used to say that someone is fortunate to be able to do something  ("I'm going out tonight." "Lucky you.")  (- see also thank your lucky stars thank (6), third time lucky third1 (2))
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1.
  (luckier, luckiest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. You say that someone is lucky when they have something that is very desirable or when they are in a very desirable situation. I am luckier than most. I have a job... He is incredibly lucky to be alive... Those who are lucky enough to be wealthy have a duty to give to the hungry. = fortunate ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf 2. Someone who is lucky seems to always have good luck. Some people are born lucky aren’t they?... He had always been lucky at cards. ADJ 3. If you describe an action or experience as lucky, you mean that it was good or successful, and that it happened by chance and not as a result of planning or preparation. They admit they are now desperate for a lucky break... He was lucky that it was only a can of beer that knocked him on the head. ADJ 4. A lucky object is something that people believe helps them to be successful. He did not have on his other lucky charm, a pair of green socks. ADJ: usu ADJ n 5. see also happy-go-lucky 6. If you say that someone will be lucky to do or get something, you mean that they are very unlikely to do or get it, and will definitely not do or get any more than that. You’ll be lucky if you get any breakfast... Those remaining in work will be lucky to get the smallest of pay increases... PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR if, PHR to-inf 7. If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL) You may strike lucky and find a sympathetic and helpful clerk, but, there again, you might not. PHRASE: V inflects ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
   adjective  (luckier; -est)  Date: 15th century  1. having good luck  2. happening by chance ; fortuitous  3. producing or resulting in good by chance ; favorable  4. seeming to bring good luck a ~ rabbit's foot  • luckiness noun Synonyms:  ~, fortunate, happy, providential mean meeting with unforeseen success. ~ stresses the agency of chance in bringing about a favorable result won because of a ~ bounce. fortunate suggests being rewarded beyond one's deserts fortunate in my investments. happy combines the implications of ~ and fortunate with stress on being blessed a series of happy accidents. providential more definitely implies the help or intervention of a higher power a providential change in the weather. ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
  adj. (luckier, luckiest) 1 having or resulting from good luck, esp. as distinct from skill or design or merit. 2 bringing good luck (a lucky mascot). 3 fortunate, appropriate (a lucky guess). Phrases and idioms lucky dip Brit. a tub containing different articles concealed in wrapping or bran etc., and chosen at random by participants. Derivatives luckiness n. ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
  удачный, счастливый - lucky number - lucky numbers ...
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
5.
  1. счастливый, удачливый lucky fellow —- счастливый человек, счастливец lucky player —- игрок, которому всегда везет to be lucky to —- иметь счастье (сделать что-л.) he was lucky to escape unscathed —- ему посчастливилось выбраться невредимым you are lucky to be alive after being in that accident —- скажи спасибо, что остался в живых после этой катастрофы he's lucky in everything —- ему во всем везет he's lucky in business —- он удачлив в делах he is a lucky dog —- он счастливчик (везунчик); ему здорово везет you are a lucky dog —- вы счастливец (особ. как поздравление жениху) lucky beggar (bargee)! —- вот счастливчик!, везет же! lucky for you he's not here —- ваше счастье, что его здесь нет 2. счастливый, удачный lucky guess —- удачная (счастливая) догадка lucky move —- удачный ход lucky escape —- удачный побег; счастливое спасение lucky accident —- счастливая случайность 3. приносящий счастье lucky charm —- счастливый талисман lucky penny —- монетка, которую носят как талисман (на счастье) Thursday is my lucky day —- четверг - мой счастливый день Id: to cut (to make) one's lucky —- дать тягу; скрыться, убраться, смыться вовремя ...
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6.
  bargee coll. счастливчик LUCKY beggar счастливец, счастливчик LUCKY break удача LUCKY circumstance счастливый случай LUCKY devil счастливец LUCKY I adj.  1) счастливый, удачный; удачливый; - lucky beggar - lucky devil  2) приносящий счастье  3) случайный Syn: see favourable II noun; sl. to cut ones lucky - удрать, убраться (вовремя), смыться ...
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7.
  See: THANK ONE'S LUCKY STARS. ...
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