Fortunate Meaning
/ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAuspicious.
adjHappening by good luck or favorable chance.
Sentence Examples
You are very fortunate that you have such friends.
You are fortunate for having such good friends.
Remember those less fortunate than yourselves.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She was ____ to find her lost wallet with all the money still inside.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He felt extremely ____ to have found a job that he truly loved and that paid remarkably well.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English fortunat(e) (“fortunate”), from Latin fortūnātus, from fortūna (“fortune, luck”) + -ātus (adjective-forming suffix), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English fortunaten (“to assure the success (of), make fortunate”); cognate with French fortuné (“lucky”). By surface analysis, fortune + -ate.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"if it sits still, with its breast towards them, till they have passed, they consider it as a fortunate sign, and everything is expected to go on well during the remainder of their journey"
— 1854, Edward Stanley, A Familiar History of Birds : Their Nature, Habits and Instincts, page 144:
"How many lucky winners, Regnault lamented, boastfully ascribe their success to wise decisions while in reality their triumph was nothing more than the fortunate outcome of random events?"
— 2011, George G. Szpiro, Pricing the Future: Finance, Physics, and the 300-year Journey to the Black-Scholes Equation:
"Weiner acknowledges that a stroke of good luck has helped steer her to a more fortunate path early on in life."
— 2018 July 11, “How Nina Weiner turns dreams into a reality”, in The Jerusalem Post:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She was ____ to find her lost wallet with all the money still inside.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He felt extremely ____ to have found a job that he truly loved and that paid remarkably well.