luck

luck  (lk)

n.

1. The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; fortune: They met one day out of pure luck.

2. Good fortune or prosperity; success: We wish you luck.

3. One's personal fate or lot: It was just my luck to win a trip I couldn't take.

intr.v. lucked, luck·ing, lucks Informal

To gain success or something desirable by chance: lucked into a good apartment; lucked out in finding that rare book.

Idioms:

as luck would have it

As it turned out; as it happened: As luck would have it, it rained the day of the picnic.

in luck

Enjoying success; fortunate.

out of luck

Lacking good fortune.

press/push (one's) luck

To risk one's good fortune, often by acting overconfidently.

try (one's) luck

To attempt something without knowing if one will be successful.

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[Middle English lucke, from Middle Dutch luc, short for gheluc.]

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luck

Noun

1. events that are subject to chance; fortune, good or bad

2. success or good fortune

3. down on one's luck lacking good fortune to the extent of suffering hardship

4. no such luck Informal unfortunately not

5. try one's luck to attempt something that is uncertain [Middle Dutch luc]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	luck - 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" circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, portion condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition" good fortune, good luck, luckiness - an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes providence - a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures bad luck, ill luck, tough luck, misfortune - an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes failure - lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"
	2.	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" fortune, hazard, chance phenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning mischance, mishap, bad luck - an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" even chance, toss-up, tossup - an unpredictable phenomenon; "it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose"
	3.	luck - 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" fortune phenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning fluke, good fortune, good luck - a stroke of luck

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luck

noun 1. good fortune, success, advantage, prosperity, break (informal) stroke of luck, blessing, windfall, good luck, fluke, godsend, serendipity

noun 2. fortune, lot, stars, chance, accident, fate, hazard, destiny, hap (archaic) twist of fate, fortuity

Translations

luck [lʌk] n → suerte f;

good/bad luck → buena/mala suerte;

good luck! → ¡(que tengas) suerte!;

to be in luck → estar de suerte;

to be out of luck → tener mala suerte

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luck [lʌk] n → chance f;

bad luck → malchance f, malheur m;

to be in luck → avoir de la chance;

to be out of luck → ne pas avoir de chance;

good luck! → bonne chance!;

bad or hard or tough luck! → pas de chance!

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luck [lʌk] n (esp good luck) → Glück nt;

bad luck → Unglück nt;

good luck! → viel Glück!;

bad or hard or tough luck! → so ein Pech!;

hard or tough luck! (showing no sympathy) → Pech gehabt!;

to be in luck → Glück haben;

to be out of luck → kein Glück haben

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luck [lʌk] n → fortuna, sorte f;

bad luck → sfortuna, mala sorte;

good luck → (buona) fortuna;

to be in luck → essere fortunato/a;

to be out of luck → essere sfortunato/a