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Definition of Luck
1. Noun. Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you). "Success that was her portion"
Generic synonyms: Condition
Specialized synonyms: Good Fortune, Good Luck, Luckiness, Providence, Bad Luck, Ill Luck, Misfortune, Tough Luck, Failure
2. Noun. An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another. "We ran into each other by pure chance"
Generic synonyms: Phenomenon
Specialized synonyms: Bad Luck, Mischance, Mishap, Even Chance, Toss-up, Tossup
Derivative terms: Chance, Hazard
3. Noun. An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome. "It was as if fortune guided his hand"
Generic synonyms: Phenomenon
Specialized synonyms: Fluke, Good Fortune, Good Luck
Derivative terms: Lucky, Lucky
Definition of Luck
1. n. That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill.
Definition of Luck
1. Noun. Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence. ¹
2. Noun. A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success. ¹
3. Noun. success ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To succeed by chance ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To rely on luck. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To carry out relying on luck. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Luck
1. to succeed by chance or good fortune [v -ED, -ING, -S]