fortunate

«fortunate» in Mova's judaism dictionary: lucky; having something good happen to you by chance — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Fortunate means lucky; having something good happen to you by chance. tree →

2) Having more good things, like money or comfort, than many people: «less fortunate people». tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday talk, stories and charity («help those less fortunate»). Phrases: «fortunate enough to», «we were fortunate that», «less fortunate». It tells the reader that luck played a part.

examples

• We were fortunate to find a seat on the train. tree →
• It was fortunate that nobody was hurt. tree →
• The school collects food for less fortunate families. tree →
• She was fortunate enough to see a whale. tree →
• How fortunate that you brought an umbrella! tree →
• He knew he was fortunate to have good friends. tree →
• It is very fortunate that you came to-night. tree →

note

Opposite: unfortunate. Noun: fortune; adverb: fortunately (Fortunately, the rain stopped). Spelling: for-tu-nate. «Less fortunate» is a polite way to say poorer.

In the corpora

• "Less fortunate" means poor.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fortunate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.