luck
US /lʌk/
Definition
success or failure brought by chance rather than through one's own actions
Common in casual workplace encouragement ('good luck on your presentation').
Examples
Good luck with your presentation to the board tomorrow morning.
Word Family
Synonyms
- fortunechance or luck as an arbitrary force affecting human affairs
- serendipitythe occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way
Collocations
- Easy good luckan expression wishing success or favorable circumstances
- Medium stroke of luck for the companyan unexpected piece of good fortune benefiting the business
- Hard attribute outcomes to pure luckto credit accomplishments entirely to random chance
- Very Hard push one's luck too farto take reckless risks following previous successes
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.