adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a happy/lucky/fortunate coincidence
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It was just a happy coincidence that he was there too.
consider yourself lucky/fortunate (= believe you are lucky etc )
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Consider yourself lucky you weren’t in the car at the time.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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I wonder if the polls will be as fortunate .
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Then you would be as fortunate as I have been.
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The reality is that few of you will be as fortunate .
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But we were lucky to be alive; so many people we knew had not been as fortunate .
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How much worse it must be for those who haven't been as fortunate as I in recovering from such trauma.
extremely
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It is unusual to find documentary evidence earlier than the fifteenth century, and extremely fortunate to find actual details of buildings.
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The company I was in was extremely fortunate .
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Pond keepers are extremely fortunate to have a vast selection of waterlilies to choose from, available in many shades of colour.
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Conner and Kolb were extremely fortunate to escape both the enemy and fire from their own side.
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Ambulance crews who treated the child said she was extremely fortunate not to suffer serious eye injuries in the incident.
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Earth was extremely fortunate to receive no more than a rain of fireballs during the twelfth century!
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Yet Simmons was extremely fortunate to survive beyond his first over.
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We are extremely fortunate that such a devastating virus is so difficult to effectively transmit from person to person.
how
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Caesar will never know how fortunate he was to survive this episode.
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He fears this may be so, irrespective of how fortunate his situation may be in reality.
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Collecting rubbish, he thought, would remind him of how fortunate he was even to have been on the circuit.
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As Finch approached Howland, she, too, realized how fortunate she was to be able to find the island.
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The Gala youngster acknowledges how fortunate he has been in the folk who have advised him along the way.
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Talking with others about ideas. How fortunate for you.
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I know girls in their twenties who do, so I realise how fortunate I am.
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Your own and only property. How fortunate can a man get, friends?
less
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Ten years later Lord Francis Russell was less fortunate .
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A hired hand who worked miracles and shared what little he had with those few who were less fortunate .
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For those of us who are less fortunate , Correct Letters could come in handy.
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We lesser mortals who had been banished to such places as Wolverton were, however, less fortunate .
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The other child whom I noticed in that Fourth Grade room was in an obvious way less fortunate .
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For those of us less fortunate in the audience Bocca's technical prowess was devastating enough.
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Phoenix officials often talk of the helping hand they give to the less fortunate .
more
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For many the comparison is not with those who are more fortunate but with their own past position.
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Despite his ordeal, Weathers was far more fortunate than others trapped in the blizzard.
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I couldn't have been more fortunate in working with two more intelligent and delightful men.
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Yet he is more fortunate than most landowners, because he owns frontage on the Guadalupe River, which is still running.
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They had heating in their classrooms and dormitories, and therefore were more fortunate than their southern colleagues.
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The end of my days was reserved for another, and I hope more fortunate , occasion.
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By the order of words the poet even hints that Thessaly is more fortunate than her sister Sparta.
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Some were more fortunate than others because their land had a spring.
most
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The Liverpool mourners were most fortunate than most.
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When Troy fell, Agamemnon was the most fortunate of the victorious chieftains.
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I gasped at her beauty and, like the rest, threw envious glances at her most fortunate husband.
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You can consider yourself most fortunate to be blessed like this with such a strong celestial advantage.
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My wile and I consider this to be a most fortunate match.
so
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Not all were so fortunate with their billetors.
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This voyage was not so fortunate as the first two.
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A Guardian journalist, Sarah Tisdall, was not so fortunate .
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We were ever so fortunate as to recover your collection intact.
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Carrick himself was not so fortunate .
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What of children who are not so fortunate ?
very
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We are very fortunate that Peggy Spencer has agreed to take the afternoon herself.
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We are very fortunate in this country to say that prosperity and suffering, both are inherently contributing factors for unity.
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So far I have been very fortunate and have had at least one painting accepted each time I have tried.
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I was very fortunate to get the first one.
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Otherwise we have been very fortunate .
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He was just a very extraordinary man and I was very fortunate to have had those twelve years.
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We were very fortunate to sell it to some one in Charleston.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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David managed to escape, but the others were not so fortunate .
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I am fortunate to work in a school where all the children are extremely motivated.
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It is extremely fortunate that there was no-one in the building when the bomb went off.
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It was a fortunate coincidence that the police were passing by just then.
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People have been very helpful - I'm very fortunate .
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Some plants actually prefer a lot of shade, which is fortunate for gardeners choosing plants for gloomy corners.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He had been fortunate in getting the job with Joe Maitland, he had to admit.
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Others are fortunate to find supportive faculty, administrators, and fellow students.
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Some children are fortunate in that their parents or teachers provide an excited audience for their ideas and plot lines.
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The Gala youngster acknowledges how fortunate he has been in the folk who have advised him along the way.
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The library media specialist is, in the midst of these dilemmas, in a unique and fortunate position.
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This Christmas, I sincerely hope your hearts will go out to those less fortunate than yourselves.
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We were ever so fortunate as to recover your collection intact.
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You are very fortunate that I don't make you actually sit in the real sea.