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{
"term": "fortunate",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "having or bringing an advantage, an opportunity, a piece of good luck, etc.",
"sensetop": "fortunate to do somethingfortunate in having…it is fortunate (for somebody) (that…)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Remember those less fortunate than yourselves."
},
{
"text": "I have been fortunate enough to visit many parts of the world as a lecturer.",
"contextForm": "fortunate to do something"
},
{
"text": "I was fortunate in having a good teacher.",
"contextForm": "fortunate in having…"
},
{
"text": "**It was** very **fortunate** for him that I arrived on time.",
"contextForm": "it is fortunate (for somebody) (that…)"
},
{
"text": "We consider ourselves extremely fortunate."
},
{
"text": "He was in a relatively fortunate position as far as work was concerned."
},
{
"text": "We are fortunate in having a lot of land."
},
{
"text": "I think it was fortunate that I was older than the other children."
},
{
"text": "It was fortunate for us that the guard was looking the other way."
},
{
"text": "It was fortunate for them that the rain stopped."
}
],
"synonyms": "lucky",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "seem"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["for", "in"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːtʃənət/",
"audio": "fo/fortunate/fortunate__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːrtʃənət/",
"audio": "fo/fortunate/fortunate__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin fortunatus, from fortuna, Fortuna, the name of a goddess personifying luck or chance."
}