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Meaning of lucky in English luckyadjective uk /ˈlʌk.i/ us /ˈlʌk.i/ Add to word list Add to word list A2 having good things happen to you by chance: "I'm going to Japan." "Lucky you!" The lucky winner will be able to choose from three different holidays. [ + to infinitive ] They're lucky to have such a nice office to work in. He's lucky that he wasn't fired. It sounds as if you had a lucky escape (= by good chance you were able to avoid something dangerous or unpleasant). We'll be lucky if we get there by midnight at this rate (= we might get there by midnight or it might be later). having good things happen by chance
  • luckyTwo lucky winners will be treated to an all-expenses paid trip to the Bahamas!
  • fortunateIt was fortunate that he wasn't injured in the accident.
  • it's a good thingIt's a good thing we bought travel insurance for our trip since it was cancelled.
  • it's a good jobUK It's a good job they didn't go camping this weekend - the weather's been awful.
  • luck outUS The Giants really lucked out in last night's game.
See more results » B1 bringing good luck: a lucky charm Six is my lucky number.
  • The front passengers were lucky to survive the accident.
  • Some lucky person will win more than $1 000 000 in the competition.
  • The youth of today don't know how lucky they are.
  • We were very lucky with the weather for our village barbecue.
  • My horoscope said I was going to be lucky in love this month.
Good luck and bad luck
  • align
  • bad omen
  • bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
  • be bad luck on someone idiom
  • be down on your luck idiom
  • fortunately
  • fortune cookie
  • fortune smiles on someone idiom
  • get the short end of the stick idiom
  • godsend
  • malediction
  • may the best man/person win! idiom
  • merciful
  • mercifully
  • mercy
  • unfortunately
  • unluckily
  • unlucky
  • voodoo
  • with any luck idiom
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Grammar

Luck and luckyWe use the noun luck and the adjective lucky to talk about good things happening by chance, and not because of our own efforts: …

Idioms

get lucky you should be so lucky! (Definition of lucky from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of lucky

lucky There are those who are lucky or clever enough to possess dollars. From the Cambridge English Corpus Spurling rejects this as an argument that blames some women, the 'lucky daughters', for denying marriage for their 'unlucky sisters'. From the Cambridge English Corpus I was equally lucky in the choice of collaborators and interlocutors. From the Cambridge English Corpus At the age of four she was lucky enough to be boarded out to a relatively good farm where she stayed for three years. From the Cambridge English Corpus We are lucky that such an astute sociologist was at work analyzing the changes as they happened. From the Cambridge English Corpus We were lucky; other people ended up in refugee camps. From the Cambridge English Corpus In that respect, my generation of television playwrights was lucky. From the Cambridge English Corpus The general reader or student for whom the author presumably intends this book would be lucky not to discover it. From the Cambridge English Corpus It would be wrong to suggest that the future professors were continuously lucky throughout these five years. From the Cambridge English Corpus We think that you are lucky to be concerned with engineering design. From the Cambridge English Corpus Winners might cheat, they might be consistently lucky, or they might try harder. From the Cambridge English Corpus I am lucky to be able to draw on both cultures. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is lucky that you can get it but it's difficult. From the Cambridge English Corpus We were lucky that those factors did not degenerate into an outright explosion. From the Cambridge English Corpus If we are 'lucky' the total black area is simply connected, that is, it has no holes and its interior is connected. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of lucky These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of lucky?

Translations of lucky

in Chinese (Traditional) 幸運的，走運的，運氣好的, 帶來好運的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 幸运的，走运的，运气好的, 带来好运的… See more in Spanish afortunado, de la suerte, suertudo/da [masculine-feminine… See more in Portuguese de sorte, com sorte, sortudo… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian नशिबवान… See more 運がいい, 幸運（こううん）な… See more şanslı, talihli, şans/uğur getiren… See more chanceux/-euse, qui a de la chance, chanceux… See more afortunat… See more fortuinlijk, gelukbrengend… See more தற்செயலாக உங்களுக்கு நல்ல விஷயங்கள் நடக்கும்… See more भाग्यशाली, किस्मत वाला… See more નસીબદાર… See more heldig, lykke-, lykkebringende… See more som har tur, som för tur med sig, lycko-… See more bernasib baik, bertuah… See more Glück haben, glückbringend… See more heldig, lykke-, lykkebringende… See more خوش نصیب, خوش قسمت… See more щасливий, вдалий… See more అదృష్టం… See more ভাগ্যবান… See more šťastný… See more mujur, kemujuran… See more โชคดี, นำโชค… See more có tính may mắn, mang tới vận may… See more szczęśliwy, ≈ mieć szczęście, mający szczęście… See more 운이 좋은… See more fortunato, (che porta fortuna)… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of lucky

  • lucky dip
  • lucky charm
  • lucky guess
  • happy-go-lucky
  • lucky dip, at grab bag
  • get lucky idiom
  • strike it lucky idiom
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  • get lucky idiom
  • strike it lucky idiom
  • strike lucky, at strike it lucky idiom
  • I should be so lucky! idiom
  • thank your lucky stars idiom
  • you should be so lucky! idiom
  • you'll be lucky!, at you should be so lucky! idiom
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