fortuitous
/fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs/adjective
उच्चारण फ़ॉर्ट्यूइटस
संयोगवश, आकस्मिक (प्रायः सौभाग्य से)
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happening by chance, especially a lucky chance that brings a good result
संयोगवश, आकस्मिक (प्रायः सौभाग्य से)
- Our meeting at the station was entirely fortuitous.
- a fortuitous discovery that led to the new drug
- It was a fortuitous meeting, since he happened to be the editor.
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- A fortuitous gust of wind blew the lost kite back to the boy.
- Their success was largely fortuitous rather than the result of planning.
Synonyms accidental chance unplanned coincidental lucky
Opposite planned deliberate intentional predictable
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for·tu·i·tous
With -tuitous (not 'fortuitious' or 'fortutous'); like gratuitous.
अंत में -tuitous ('fortuitious' या 'fortutous' गलत है); gratuitous की तरह।
?Which word?
fortuitous or fortunate?
Strictly, fortuitous means happening by chance, whether good or bad: 'a fortuitous meeting'. Fortunate means lucky: 'a fortunate escape'. Because fortuitous events are often lucky, the two have blurred, but in exams fortuitous is tested as 'accidental'. A fortuitous event may or may not be fortunate.
सख्ती से, fortuitous का अर्थ 'संयोग से हुआ' है, अच्छा या बुरा: 'a fortuitous meeting'। Fortunate का अर्थ 'भाग्यशाली' है: 'a fortunate escape'। चूँकि संयोग की घटनाएँ प्रायः भाग्यशाली होती हैं, दोनों मिल गए हैं, पर परीक्षा में fortuitous 'आकस्मिक' के अर्थ में पूछा जाता है। Fortuitous घटना fortunate हो भी सकती है और नहीं भी।
The fortuitous/fortunate pair is a sentence-improvement item.
Fortuitous और fortunate की जोड़ी sentence improvement में आती है।
⌂Word origin and word building
From the Latin fors, chance, the same root as fortune.
Latin fors, संयोग, से, fortune के मूल से।