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Fortuity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A chance occurrence or event.

n. The quality or condition of being fortuitous.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The state of being fortuitous

n. A fortuitous event; an accident

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Accident; chance; casualty.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Accident; chance; casualty.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

Word Usage

"Locals may recall his collaboration with composer John Adams for the San Francisco Opera production of Doctor Atomic (which, in an instance of festival fortuity, is documented in Jon Else's Wonders Are Many)."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

occurrent happening occurrence natural event

Hyponym

break happy chance good luck hap coincidence

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

accident chance casualty

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

eleven-hour follie tangency carrier-phase doubtfulness