Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To find something through good fortune; used with into, on, onto or upon.

Examples

835 sentences

  1. Good luck to both of you.

    Удачі вам обом. — deniko

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  2. We haven't had much luck lately.

    Останнім часом нам не дуже щастило. — deniko

    ruНам в последнее время не очень везло. — marafon

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  3. He had no luck in finding work.

    Йому не щастило в пошуках роботи. — SvetlanaSVD

    ruЕму не удалось найти работу. — marafon

    deEs gelang ihm nicht, Arbeit zu finden. — cost

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  4. I just wanted to wish you luck.

    Я просто хотів побажати вам удачі. — Anjy

    ruЯ просто хотел пожелать вам удачи. — marafon

    deIch wollte dir einfach viel Glück wünschen. — Waldelfe

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  5. I came to wish you good luck.

    Я прийшов побажати тобі удачі. — deniko

    ruЯ пришёл пожелать тебе удачи. — marafon

    deIch bin gekommen, um dir viel Glück zu wünschen. — Trinkschokolade

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Origin

From Middle English luk, lukke, from Middle Dutch luc, geluc, gelucke (“good luck, fortune

From Middle English luk, lukke, from Middle Dutch luc, geluc, gelucke (“good luck, fortune”) or Middle Low German lücke, gelücke (“lot, fortune, fate, luck”), of obscure origin; perhaps ultimately related to German Lücke (“gap, opening”) in the sense of "space or opportunity", hence "chance". Cognate with West Frisian gelok (“luck”), Saterland Frisian Gluk (“luck”), Dutch luk, geluk (“luck, happiness”), Dutch Low Saxon luk (“luck”), German Low German and German Glück (“luck, good fortune, happiness”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lykke (“luck, happiness”), Norwegian Nynorsk lukke (“luck, happiness”), Swedish lycka (“luck, happiness”), Icelandic lukka (“happiness”). According to the OED, it may be related to lock.

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Forms

lucks, lucking, lucked, lucked
Base formluck · to luck
3rd person singularlucks
Present participlelucking
Past simplelucked
Past participlelucked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyluck
he, she, itlucks

Past simpleLesson

all personslucked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lucked
he, she, ithas lucked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill luck

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Word family

5 related words
RelatedluckyA1
Derivedluck inluck intoluck outluck through

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • bad luck
  • good luck
  • out of luck
  • better better luck
  • have any luck
  • best of luck
  • having much luck
  • good luck with
  • any luck
  • had no luck
  • better luck
  • to good luck

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lubricantlubricatelucidluckilyA2luckyA1lucrativeB2
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