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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
for·tu·nate    Audio Help   [fawr-chuh-nit] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky: a fortunate young actor who got the lead in the play.
2.bringing or indicating good fortune; resulting favorably; auspicious: She made a fortunate decision to go on to medical school.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME fortunat < L fortūnātus made prosperous or happy (ptp. of fortūnāre). See fortune, -ate1]

—Related forms
for·tu·nate·ly, adverb
for·tu·nate·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. advantageous, successful, prosperous. Fortunate, happy, lucky refer to persons who enjoy, or events that produce, good fortune. Fortunate implies that the success is obtained by the operation of favorable circumstances more than by direct effort; it is usually applied to grave or large matters (esp. those happening in the ordinary course of things): fortunate in one's choice of a wife; a fortunate investment. Happy emphasizes a pleasant ending or something that happens at just the right moment: By a happy accident I received the package on time. Lucky, a more colloquial word, is applied to situations that turn out well by chance: lucky at cards; my lucky day.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  favorable
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Indicative of future success or full of promise.
Synonyms:  auspicious, benign, bright, brilliant, fair, good, propitious
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  happy
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Characterized by luck or good fortune.
Synonyms:  lucky, providential
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - Cite This Source

Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blest, in classical and Celtic legend, islands in the Western Ocean. There the souls of favored mortals were received by the gods and lived happily in a paradise. Belief in the islands long persisted, and the Canaries and the Madeira Islands were sometimes identified with them.

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