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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
Barbara Kruger

Meaning of "fortuitous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FORTUITOUS

From Latin fortuitus happening by chance, from forte by chance, from fors chance, luck.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FORTUITOUS

fortuitous  [fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORTUITOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fortuitous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FORTUITOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fortuitous

Luck

The definition of Luck varies by philosophical, religious, mystical, or emotional context of the one interpreting it; according to the classic Noah Webster's dictionary, Luck is "a purposeless, unpredictable and uncontrollable force that shapes events favorably or unfavorably for an individual, group or cause". Yet the author Max Gunther defines it as "events that influence one's life and are seemingly beyond one's control". When thought of as a factor beyond one's control, without regard to one's will, intention, or desired result, there are at least two senses that people usually mean when they use the term, the prescriptive sense and the descriptive sense. In the prescriptive sense, luck is a supernatural and deterministic concept that there are forces which prescribe that certain events occur very much the way laws of physics will prescribe that certain events occur. It is the prescriptive sense that people mean when they say they "do not believe in luck". In the descriptive sense, people speak of luck after events which they find to be fortunate or unfortunate, and maybe improbable.

Definition of fortuitous in the English dictionary

The definition of fortuitous in the dictionary is happening by chance, esp by a lucky chance; unplanned; accidental.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORTUITOUS


apparatus
ˌæpəˈreɪtəs
circuitous
səˈkjuːɪtəs
coitus
ˈkəʊɪtəs
comitatus
ˌkɒmɪˈteɪtəs
cubitus
ˈkjuːbɪtəs
detritus
dɪˈtraɪtəs
duplicitous
djuːˈplɪsɪtəs
emeritus
ɪˈmɛrɪtəs
fatuitous
fəˈtjuːɪtəs
gratuitous
ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs
habitus
ˈhæbɪtəs
hiatus
haɪˈeɪtəs
impetus
ˈɪmpɪtəs
situs
ˈsaɪtəs
status
ˈsteɪtəs
stratus
ˈstreɪtəs
tinnitus
ˈtɪnɪtəs
Titus
ˈtaɪtəs
ubiquitous
juːˈbɪkwɪtəs
Vitus
ˈvaɪtəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORTUITOUS

fortresslike
fortuities
fortuitism
fortuitist
fortuitously
fortuitousness
fortuity
Fortuna
fortunate
fortunately
fortunateness
fortune
fortune cookie
fortune hunter
fortune-hunter
fortune-hunting
fortune-teller
fortune-telling
fortuneless
fortunize

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORTUITOUS

acclivitous
alacritous
ancipitous
calamitous
complicitous
compositous
declivitous
felicitous
heteroclitous
infelicitous
iniquitous
momentous
necessitous
precipitous
pyritous
serendipitous
solicitous
spiritous
strepitous
unsolicitous
vomitous

Synonyms and antonyms of fortuitous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORTUITOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fortuitous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fortuitous

Translation of «fortuitous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORTUITOUS

Find out the translation of fortuitous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fortuitous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fortuitous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

偶然
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fortuita
570 millions of speakers

English

fortuitous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आकस्मिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محاسن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

случайно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fortuito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আকস্মিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fortuit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kebetulan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zufällig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

偶然の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뜻밖의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fortuitous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tình cờ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தற்செயலான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आकस्मिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tesadüfi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fortuito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przypadkowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

випадково
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fortuit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τυχαίο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toevallige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slumpartad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilfeldig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fortuitous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORTUITOUS»

The term «fortuitous» is regularly used and occupies the 63.211 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORTUITOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fortuitous

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6 QUOTES WITH «FORTUITOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fortuitous.
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Olympia Brown
Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate.
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Ethan Coen
Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to.
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Jacques Ibert
The result of this union would be, not the fortuitous result of a series of approximations and concessions, but the harmonious synthesis of two aspects of a single thought.
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Barbara Kruger
It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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C. P. Scott
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Stella Young
I really love filling out forms - quite fortuitous, really, given that as one of Australia's 4 million-ish disabled people, ticking boxes and recording my life for other people is what I've spent a fair chunk of my time doing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORTUITOUS»

Discover the use of fortuitous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fortuitous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Unique and Fortuitous Combination: An Administrative ...
A Unique and Fortuitous Combination chronicles the history of the law school that has furnished the state of Georgia with nine of its governors, eight of its House Speakers, five U.S. senators, thirty members of Congress, and fifty-four ...
Gwen Y. Wood, 1998
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Beyond Chez Vicalle - The Volunteer: A Tale of Luck and ...
Join Maria as she finds the courage to navigate through a key period of world history, traveling from Kazan to Omsk, to Irkutsk, to Mukden and beyond in "Beyond Chez Vicalle: The Volunteer."
Dmitri Itaskaskevitch Arbusnikov, 2010
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Policyholder's Guide to the Law of Insurance Coverage
[C] Intentional Acts If a loss or damage is caused by the insured's fraud, or was subjectively intended by the insured, the loss likely will not be considered fortuitous.143 Nevertheless, even if the action leading to the damage was intentional, the ...
Peter J. Kalis, Thomas M. Reiter, James R. Segerdahl, 1997
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Fortuitous:
In one movement. An animated work with minimalist leanings. Of advanced difficulty.
‎2012
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Reasoning and the Logic of Things: The Cambridge Conferences ...
The Cambridge Conferences Lectures of 1898 Charles Sanders Peirce Kenneth Laine Ketner. So much for sifting. Let us next consider how a state of fortuitous distribution is brought about. How, for example, is it that the throws of a dice occur  ...
Charles Sanders Peirce, Kenneth Laine Ketner, 1992
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Garner's Modern American Usage
The traditional sense remains fairly strong—e.g.: • “Unless the victim dies, the law cannot assume that the transgressor really meant to kill—even though whether the victim lives or dies might be entirely fortuitous.” Jerome H. Skolnick, “A ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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Toward a Philosophy of the Act
The world of content/sense is infinite and self- sufficient; its being valid in itself makes me myself useless, and my acts or deeds are fortuitous from its standpoint. This is a domain of endless questions, where one of the possible questions is ...
M.M. Bakhtin, Michael Holquist, 2010
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Science Declares Our Universe Is Intelligently Designed
(1) In the NSP-world, "random, fortuitous forces" produce collections of all possible subparticle combinations that are identified as bundles of information. (2 ) "Random, fortuitous forces" produce collections of all possible arrangements or,  ...
Robert A. Herrmann, 2002
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Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce
I have said that a uniformity, or regular law, may be a mere consequence of a fortuitous distribution. But if you examine any such case critically, you will find that after all, this only results because of some regularity in the conditions. Take, for ...
Charles S. Peirce
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Deep Learning: How the Mind Overrides Experience
Patrick Langley and Randolph Jones have specified a computational mechanism for fortuitous reminding that adds yet another twist.70 In their version of this idea, an impasse is particularly likely when the components of the problem ...
Stellan Ohlsson, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORTUITOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fortuitous is used in the context of the following news items.
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LGBT advocates hope to use White House aging forum to advance …
“The timing is fortuitous to have this,” said Ronald C. Petersen, who heads the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the Mayo ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
The Times' MLB power rankings
CHICAGO CUBS: Manager Joe Maddon called the Cubs' Friday loss "non-fortuitous." Never change. (7). lRelated Twins' Brian Dozier is added ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
3
Jordan Spieth has had his share of local success
But Spieth's timing two years ago at TPC Boston was fortuitous, coming two days before he was named a captain's pick for the US Presidents ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
4
Career-tech change may benefit TPS
Changes in how career and vocational technology training is funded in Ohio may have come at a fortuitous time for Toledo Public Schools. «Toledo Blade, Jul 15»
5
Derry 1-16 Wexford 0-10: Forwards hit mark to ensure Derry progress
But for all the hard yards put in over the winter, it was a fortuitous enough goal that gave Derry their traction. Brian Malone, the Wexford ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
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Asdrubal Cabrera Injury: Updates on Rays Shortstop's Hamstring …
... Cabrera figures to be back in action soon enough. It's rather fortuitous for the 29-year-old that the All-Star break begins after Sunday's games. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
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Osage Nation prays for the end of wind developments
But the mineral estate remained collective property — a compromise that proved to be fortuitous after the oil boom. Roughly 14,000 active wells ... «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
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My journey from cancer hell to the joy of twins, by Tory hoping to …
Her twins have another fortuitous role in her campaign – drawing comparisons to Margaret Thatcher, mother to twins Carol and Mark. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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The Rev. Deron Spoo: To be a changing man in a changing world
The timing of these words are fortuitous. I wonder if this one line from a near-forgotten monk in a long-ago century speaks to the way I address ... «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
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Max money explained: For every Anthony Davis, there's a Greg …
"Sometimes, it's purely fortuitous," said the agent, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "You're coming off a good year and the team is saying, ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»

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