- A chance occurrence or event.
- The quality or condition of being fortuitous.
fortuity
Dictionary:
for·tu·i·ty (fôr-tū'ĭ-tē, -tyū'-)  |
n., pl., -ties.
| Thesaurus: fortuity |
noun
- An unexpected random event: accident, chance, fluke, hap, happenchance, happenstance, hazard. See certain/uncertain, surprise/expect.
- The quality shared by random, unintended, or unpredictable events or this quality regarded as the cause of such events: chance, fortuitousness, fortune, hap, hazard, luck. See certain/uncertain.
| WordNet: fortuity |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause
Synonyms: accident, chance event
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| Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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