2006-08-10 01:04:24 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
luck
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
3 senses of luck Sense 1 fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion -- (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") -> condition -- (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition") => stratification, social stratification -- (the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group) => ordinary -- (the expected or commonplace condition or situation; "not out of the ordinary") => invagination, introversion -- (the condition of being folded inward or sheathed) => roots -- (the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; "his roots in Texas go back a long way"; "he went back to Sweden to search for his roots"; "his music has African roots") => lysogeny, lysogenicity -- (the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material; "when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny") => fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion -- (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") => amphidiploidy -- (the condition of being amphidiploid) => diploidy -- (the condition of being diploid) => haploidy -- (the condition of being haploid) => heteroploidy -- (the condition of being heteroploid) => polyploidy -- (the condition of being polyploid) => mosaicism -- (the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup) => orphanage, orphanhood -- (the condition of being a child without living parents; "his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult") => stigmatism -- (the condition of having or being marked by stigmata) => transsexualism -- (condition in which a person assumes the identity and permanently acts the part of the gender opposite to his or her biological sex) Sense 2 luck, fortune, chance, hazard -- (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") -> phenomenon -- (any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning) => natural phenomenon -- (all phenomena that are not artificial) => levitation -- (the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means) => metempsychosis, rebirth -- (after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body) => consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot -- (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event") => luck, fortune, chance, hazard -- (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") => luck, fortune -- (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") => pulsation -- (a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity) Sense 3 luck, fortune -- (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") -> phenomenon -- (any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning) => natural phenomenon -- (all phenomena that are not artificial) => levitation -- (the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means) => metempsychosis, rebirth -- (after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body) => consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot -- (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event") => luck, fortune, chance, hazard -- (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") => luck, fortune -- (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") => pulsation -- (a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity)
2006-08-10 02:22:13 · answer #1 · answered by mickurahul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting things easily in life is luck.
It comes and goes off on its own.
Its like getting a reward without the effort.
2006-08-10 01:15:14 · answer #2 · answered by Rainbow 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Luck is last thing for successful person , whereas
Luck is first thing for unsuccessful person .
Know judge what is luck ?
2006-08-10 04:58:44 · answer #3 · answered by mohdarshad_44 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luck is something u can't see or touch but u can feel the good gift of it.
2006-08-10 01:10:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's something I have very little of. I do have plenty of bad luck though.
2006-08-10 01:17:47 · answer #5 · answered by unwise_blonde 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All factors which are too insignificant to be noticed or felt (like abuuterfly flapping its wings) but collectively having an unexplicable effect on pur life, love and work
2006-08-10 01:19:08 · answer #6 · answered by veeru_pahari 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no such thing as luck at all!If you step on a crack,your momma's back doesn't break!
2006-08-10 01:11:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Lucille Ball
2006-08-10 06:18:27 · answer #8 · answered by Katie S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LUCK IS,,,,, THE ACTION THAT PEOPLE TAKE TO DO
SOMETHING AT A GIVEN TIME THAT PRODUCES RESULTS
AT AN APPROPIATE MOMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-08-11 07:27:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events, Good fortune or prosperity; success... need i say more?
2006-08-10 08:43:07 · answer #10 · answered by **♥Rockstar♥** 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋