luck

1. Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) (synset 114496806)
   "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
   is a type of: condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
   subtypes:

   • good fortune, good luck, luckiness - an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes
   • providence - a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures
   • bad luck, ill luck, misfortune, tough luck - an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
   • failure - lack of success
   same as: circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, portion
2. An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another (synset 111438252)
   "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
   is a type of: phenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
   subtypes:

   • bad luck, mischance, mishap - an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
   • even chance, toss-up, tossup - an unpredictable phenomenon
   same as: chance, fortune, hazard
3. An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome (synset 111438574)
   "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"
   is a type of: phenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
   subtypes: fluke, good fortune, good luck - a stroke of luck
   same as: fortune

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