{
    "term": "lucky",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having good luck",
            "sensetop": "lucky to do somethinglucky (that)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His friend was killed and he knows he is lucky to be alive.",
                    "contextForm": "lucky to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was lucky enough to be chosen for the team."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You were lucky (that) you spotted the danger in time.",
                    "contextForm": "lucky (that)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In terms of my career I **feel** incredibly **lucky**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can **think yourself lucky** you didn't get mugged."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **counted herself lucky** that she still had a job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mark is **one of the lucky ones**—he at least has somewhere to sleep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the lucky winners"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was among the lucky ones who escaped with only minor injuries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That was just plain lucky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've been pretty lucky so far."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "get", "strike"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["for", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "being the result of good luck",
            "sensetop": "lucky for somebody that…lucky for somebodylucky (that)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was lucky for us that we were able to go.",
                    "contextForm": "lucky for somebody that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lucky for her, a police car was passing.",
                    "contextForm": "lucky for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is lucky (that) neither was killed in the accident.",
                    "contextForm": "lucky (that)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That was the luckiest escape of my life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a lucky guess"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A lucky find on the edge of the Cotswolds is helping archaeologists discover what life was like in Roman Britain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had a lucky break when I left school getting a job on local radio."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "get", "strike"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["for", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "bringing good luck",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a lucky charm"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team thinks of me as their lucky mascot."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to have good luck",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She hopes that some day she'll get lucky and win the jackpot."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to meet somebody new and have sex with them",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Mike's hoping to get lucky tonight."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that you think somebody is lucky to have something, be able to do something, etc.",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘I'm off to Paris.’ ‘Lucky you!’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have good luck",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We certainly struck it lucky with the weather."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to feel very grateful and lucky about something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Just thank your lucky stars you weren’t in the house at the time."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when you have failed to do something twice and hope that you will succeed the third time",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody that something that they are expecting probably will not happen",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘I was hoping to get a ticket for Saturday.’ ‘You'll be lucky.’"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody that they will probably not get what they are hoping for, and may not deserve it",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlʌki/",
                "audio": "lu/lucky/lucky__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlʌki/",
                "audio": "lu/lucky/lucky__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}