noun
1. an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑good fortune, ↑luckiness
• Ant: ↑bad luck, ↑misfortune (for: ↑good fortune)
• Hypernyms:
• Hyponyms: ↑prosperity, ↑successfulness, ↑blessing, ↑boon
2. a stroke of luck
• Syn: ↑fluke, ↑good fortune
• Hyponyms: ↑serendipity
3. an unexpected piece of good luck
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he finally got his big break
• Syn: ↑break, ↑happy chance
• Hypernyms: ↑accident, ↑stroke, ↑fortuity, ↑chance event
Useful english dictionary. 2012.