Fortuitous
adjective
Something that happens by accident or chance.
The meeting was fortuitous, I hadn't planned to see her.
Often appears as...
- fortuitous encounter
- fortuitous event
adjective
Something that is lucky or brings good fortune.
The discovery of the treasure was a fortuitous event for the poor fisherman.
Often appears as...
- fortuitous windfall
- fortuitous opportunity
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Something that happens by accident or chance.
The meeting was fortuitous, I hadn't planned to see her.
Often appears as...
- fortuitous encounter
- fortuitous event
adjective
Something that is lucky or brings good fortune.
The discovery of the treasure was a fortuitous event for the poor fisherman.
Often appears as...
- fortuitous windfall
- fortuitous opportunity
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Unplanned Events
Use 'fortuitous' to describe events that occur unexpectedly and without intention or planning.
Our fortuitous discovery of the quaint cafe made our day.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Tone
'Fortuitous' does not suggest positive or negative outcomes, focusing on chance occurrence.
The fortuitous rain interrupted their soccer game.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Nuances
While it means by chance, 'fortuitous' often hints at a fortunate outcome more than mere accident.
Bumping into an old friend was a fortuitous moment.
Pro Tip 1/3Unplanned Events
Use 'fortuitous' to describe events that occur unexpectedly and without intention or planning.
Our fortuitous discovery of the quaint cafe made our day.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Tone
'Fortuitous' does not suggest positive or negative outcomes, focusing on chance occurrence.
The fortuitous rain interrupted their soccer game.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Nuances
While it means by chance, 'fortuitous' often hints at a fortunate outcome more than mere accident.
Bumping into an old friend was a fortuitous moment.
Pro Tip 1/3Unplanned Events
Use 'fortuitous' to describe events that occur unexpectedly and without intention or planning.
Our fortuitous discovery of the quaint cafe made our day.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Tone
'Fortuitous' does not suggest positive or negative outcomes, focusing on chance occurrence.
The fortuitous rain interrupted their soccer game.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Nuances
While it means by chance, 'fortuitous' often hints at a fortunate outcome more than mere accident.
Bumping into an old friend was a fortuitous moment.
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How to track a tornado -...
So we think this rear-flank downdraft just pulses. And these pulses in this rear-flank downdraft, we think, are very important for converging that rotation, but also getting that rotation into the right place. Other things we've learned is that we have gotten a bunch of fortuitous measurements in the path of the tornadoes and very near the surface.
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Cannibal Bugs and...
control methods or more effective control methods now when you think you've made a discovery of what the dynamic that surprises everyone because when you say the reason locust because their cannibal its sucking each other it certainly surprised us it was it was completely fortuitous are you
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Alan Kay: A powerful...
they're completely crowded together, they're jammed, they're bashing up against each other. And if you don't understand that in your mental model of this stuff, what happens inside of a cell seems completely mysterious and fortuitous,
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How to track a tornado -...
So we think this rear-flank downdraft just pulses. And these pulses in this rear-flank downdraft, we think, are very important for converging that rotation, but also getting that rotation into the right place. Other things we've learned is that we have gotten a bunch of fortuitous measurements in the path of the tornadoes and very near the surface.
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Cannibal Bugs and...
control methods or more effective control methods now when you think you've made a discovery of what the dynamic that surprises everyone because when you say the reason locust because their cannibal its sucking each other it certainly surprised us it was it was completely fortuitous are you
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Alan Kay: A powerful...
they're completely crowded together, they're jammed, they're bashing up against each other. And if you don't understand that in your mental model of this stuff, what happens inside of a cell seems completely mysterious and fortuitous,
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Om Malik
Indian Writer
Looking back, Google's success came from the fortuitous timing of being born at the cusp of the broadband age. But it also came about because of the new reality of the Internet: a lot of services were going to be algorithmic, and owning your own infrastructure would be a key advantage.
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Catherine Tate
English Actress
I went from an unemployed actor's life to doing stand-up comedy, and that was fortuitous. It's not the usual way the crow flies, going from being in a TV sketch show to playing one of Shakespeare's finest characters, but, hey, that's the way it has happened.
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Alanis Morissette
Canadian Musician
My son was five months old, and I built a makeshift studio in my living room so that I could do the attachment parenting approach and write the record at the same time. That was fortuitous, that we could build that in the house.
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Stella Young
Australian Comedian
I really love filling out forms - quite fortuitous, really, given that as one of Australia's 4 million-ish disabled people, ticking boxes and recording my life for other people is what I've spent a fair chunk of my time doing.
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Claire Foy
English Actress
I think, whenever you're doing anything, you don't want anyone anywhere to watch it and think that what your character is doing is ridiculous. You don't want anyone to watch it and go, 'Oh my God, that's just fortuitous.
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Ethan Coen
American Director
Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to.
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Barbara Kruger
American Artist
It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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Jacques Ibert
French Composer
The result of this union would be, not the fortuitous result of a series of approximations and concessions, but the harmonious synthesis of two aspects of a single thought.
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C. P. Scott
British Journalist
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Joe Buck
American Celebrity
Timing in my life has been fortuitous.
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Om Malik
Indian Writer
Looking back, Google's success came from the fortuitous timing of being born at the cusp of the broadband age. But it also came about because of the new reality of the Internet: a lot of services were going to be algorithmic, and owning your own infrastructure would be a key advantage.
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Catherine Tate
English Actress
I went from an unemployed actor's life to doing stand-up comedy, and that was fortuitous. It's not the usual way the crow flies, going from being in a TV sketch show to playing one of Shakespeare's finest characters, but, hey, that's the way it has happened.
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Alanis Morissette
Canadian Musician
My son was five months old, and I built a makeshift studio in my living room so that I could do the attachment parenting approach and write the record at the same time. That was fortuitous, that we could build that in the house.
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Stella Young
Australian Comedian
I really love filling out forms - quite fortuitous, really, given that as one of Australia's 4 million-ish disabled people, ticking boxes and recording my life for other people is what I've spent a fair chunk of my time doing.
Quote examples
Claire Foy
English Actress
I think, whenever you're doing anything, you don't want anyone anywhere to watch it and think that what your character is doing is ridiculous. You don't want anyone to watch it and go, 'Oh my God, that's just fortuitous.
Quote examples
Ethan Coen
American Director
Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to.
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Barbara Kruger
American Artist
It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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Jacques Ibert
French Composer
The result of this union would be, not the fortuitous result of a series of approximations and concessions, but the harmonious synthesis of two aspects of a single thought.
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C. P. Scott
British Journalist
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Joe Buck
American Celebrity
Timing in my life has been fortuitous.
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