Meaning

noun your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome

originFrom Middle English luk, lukke, related to Old Frisian luk (“luck”), West Frisian gelok (“luck”), Saterland Frisian Gluk (“luck”), Dutch geluk (“luck, happiness”), Low German luk (“luck”), German Glück (“luck, good fortune, happiness”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lykke (“luck, happiness”), Norwegian Nynorsk lukke (“luck, happiness”), Swedish lycka (“luck, happiness”), Icelandic lukka…

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