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# fortunate

«fortunate» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **lucky; having something good happen to you by chance** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fortunate means lucky; having something good happen to you by chance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortunate/#m1)

2) Having more good things, like money or comfort, than many people: «less fortunate people». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortunate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday talk, stories and charity («help those less fortunate»). Phrases: «fortunate enough to», «we were fortunate that», «less fortunate». It tells the reader that luck played a part.

### examples

- We were fortunate to find a seat on the train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortunate/#x1)
- It was fortunate that nobody was hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortunate/#x2)
- The school collects food for less fortunate families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortunate/#x3)
- She was fortunate enough to see a whale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortunate/#x4)
- How fortunate that you brought an umbrella! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortunate/#x5)
- He knew he was fortunate to have good friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortunate/#x6)
- It is very fortunate that you came to-night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortunate/#x7)

### note

Opposite: unfortunate. Noun: fortune; adverb: fortunately (Fortunately, the rain stopped). Spelling: for-tu-nate. «Less fortunate» is a polite way to say poorer.

### In the corpora

- ["Less fortunate" means poor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fortunate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortunate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.