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    FORTUITY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent causeplay

    Example:

    it was due to an accident or fortuity

    Synonyms:

    accident; chance event; fortuity; stroke

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural events

    Hypernyms ("fortuity" is a kind of...):

    happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fortuity"):

    hap (an accidental happening)

    break; good luck; happy chance (an unexpected piece of good luck)

    coincidence; happenstance (an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental)

    lottery (something that is regarded as a chance event)

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