fortuity

fortuity
Synonyms and related words:
accident, accidentality, actuarial calculation, adventitiousness, adventure, break, casualness, casualty, chance, chance hit, contingency, contingent, destiny, fate, fluke, flukiness, fortuitousness, fortune, freak accident, gamble, good fortune, good luck, hap, happening, happenstance, happy chance, hazard, heedless hap, how they fall, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, law of averages, long odds, long shot, lot, luck, lucky shot, moira, opportunity, principle of indeterminacy, probability, problematicness, random sample, risk, run of luck, serendipity, statistical probability, the breaks, theory of probability, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, whatever comes

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  • Fortuity — For*tu i*ty, n. [Cf. F. fortuit[ e].] Accident; chance; casualty. D. Forbes (1750). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fortuity — I noun accident, accidentalness, adventitiousness, adventure, casualness, casualty, chance, chance occurrence, coincidence, contingence, fluke, fortuitousness, happenstance, hazard, occurrence, opportunity, quirk, random luck, randomness,… …   Law dictionary

  • fortuity — 1747, from FORTUITOUS (Cf. fortuitous) + ITY (Cf. ity) …   Etymology dictionary

  • fortuity — [fôr to͞o′ə tē, fôrtyo͞o′ə tē] n. pl. fortuities [< L fortuitus (see FORTUITOUS) + ITY] 1. the quality or condition of being fortuitous 2. chance or chance occurrence …   English World dictionary

  • fortuity — fortuitous ► ADJECTIVE 1) happening by chance rather than design. 2) happening by a lucky chance; fortunate. DERIVATIVES fortuitously adverb fortuitousness noun fortuity noun (pl. fortuities) . ORIGIN Latin fortuitus, from forte …   English terms dictionary

  • fortuity — noun (plural ities) Date: circa 1747 1. the quality or state of being fortuitous 2. a chance event or occurrence …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fortuity — /fawr tooh i tee, tyooh /, n., pl. fortuities for 2, 3. 1. the state or quality of being fortuitous; fortuitous character. 2. an accidental occurrence. 3. an instance of great luck or good fortune. [1740 50; FORTUIT(OUS) + Y3] * * * …   Universalium

  • fortuity — noun a) The state of being fortuitous b) A fortuitous event; an accident …   Wiktionary

  • fortuity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. An unexpected random event: accident, chance, fluke, hap, happenchance, happenstance, hazard. See CERTAIN, SURPRISE. 2. The quality shared by random, unintended, or unpredictable events or this quality regarded as… …   English dictionary for students

  • fortuity — for tu·i·ty || fÉ”r tuːətɪ /fɔː tju n. fortuitousness; chance; accidental occurrence …   English contemporary dictionary

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