lucky in English: Having good things happen to you by chance, not because you worked for them. (adjective)

Translation

Having good things happen to you by chance, not because you worked for them.

Word origin

From luck with the ending -y added; luck itself came from Middle Dutch luk, a short form of geluk meaning good fortune.

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"Lucky" describes a person that good things happen to.

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Here "lucky" describes a time when good things happened by chance.

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"Lucky" often goes with "chance" to show that nobody planned it.

luck

Good or bad things that happen to you by chance.

chance

A time when something might happen; a possibility.

win

To come first in a game, race, or fight, or to get something as a prize.

happy

Feeling glad and pleased.

hope

To want something to happen and feel that it might.

happily

In a happy way; also used to say that something was lucky.

unfortunate

Having bad luck, or caused by bad luck.

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