luck a force that brings good fortune or adversity The first known use: in the 15th century |
Word Structure |
4 Letters, 1 Syllable |
luck |
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3 Phonemes |
l uh k |
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onset, rime |
l uck |
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Morpheme |
luck |
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Sentence Examples We had good luck fishing. He's been having nothing but bad luck. He succeeded through hard work and a little luck. We need a bit of luck. By a stroke of luck, there were still a few tickets left when we arrived. I've had no luck in finding a new apartment. He had no better luck than I did. |
Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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Neighborhood
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