lucknoun [ U ]
uk/lʌk/us/lʌk/A2 the force that causes things, especially good things, to happen to you by chance and not as a result of your own efforts or abilities:
It was just luck that I asked for a job at the right time.
Then I met this gorgeous woman and I couldn't believe my luck.
She wears a charm that she thinks brings her good luck.
He seems to have had a lot of bad luck in his life.
So your interview's tomorrow? Good luck!
The best of luck in/with your exams!
B2 success:
Have you had any luck with booking your flight?
He tried to get into teacher training college but with no luck.
More examples
- With a bit of luck, we should be back in time for dinner.
- As she waited to go into the exam, he squeezed her hand and wished her good luck.
- He hasn't been having much luck recently.
- I'm sorry to hear that you failed your driving test. Better luck next time, eh!
- Are the company's current difficulties a result of bad luck or bad judgment?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Chance and randomness
- accident
- arbitrary
- as luck would have it idiom
- be the luck of the draw idiom
- casual
- circumstance
- fortuitous
- haphazard
- happen
- happenstance
- harum-scarum
- lottery
- more by accident than design idiom
- more by luck than judgment idiom
- one in a million idiom
- postcode lottery
- pot luck
- serendipity
- stochastic
- stumble into sth
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Idiom(s)
as luck would have it
bad/hard/tough luck!
be bad luck on sb
be down on your luck
be in/out of luck
be the luck of the draw
for (good) luck
for luck
more by luck than judgment
no such luck
with any luck
your luck's in!