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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fortunate \For"tu*nate\ (?; 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fortunate adj 1: having unexpected good fortune; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice" [ant: {unfortunate}] 2: supremely favored or fortunate; "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust" [syn: {favored}, {golden}] 3: presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions" [syn: {hopeful}, {rosy}]
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