Noun

(-)

Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.

The raffle is just a matter of luck .

Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to get success.

I couldn't believe my luck when I found a fifty dollar bill on the street.

Gilbert had some bad luck yesterday — he got pick-pocketed and lost fifty dollars.

A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.

He blew on the dice for luck .

I wish you lots of luck for the exam tomorrow.

success

I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck .

He has a lot of luck with the ladies, perhaps it is because of his new motorbike.

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.}}

A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.

* Shakespeare

Let his lack of years be no impediment.

* 1994 , (Green Day),

I went to a shrink, to analyze my dreams. He said it's lack of sex that's bringing me down.''

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=September 7, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport

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