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τύχη — meaning in English

Tychi

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English meaning

  • chance noun An opportunity to do something.
  • fate noun The power thought to control everything that happens, seen as unavoidable; also, the eventual outcome awaiting someone or something.
  • Fortuna name The Roman goddess of fortune and luck; also used as a given name and place name.
  • fortune noun A very large amount of money or wealth.
  • hazard noun A source of danger or risk of harm.
  • luck noun The way things happen to work out, especially through chance rather than through anyone's effort or skill.

Senses

τύχη is used for these senses in English:

  • Fortuna (Roman god) The Roman goddess of luck, fortune and fate, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche.
  • Tyche (Greek god, in the singular) The goddess of luck/fortune; counterpart of the Roman Fortuna.
  • chance (uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.
  • fate The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
  • fate The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
  • hazard The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. [from 16th c.]
  • luck Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.

chance — full definition

  1. noun An opportunity to do something.
  2. noun The likelihood of something happening; probability.
  3. noun Something that happens randomly, without any apparent cause or plan.
  4. verb To risk doing something, accepting that it might go wrong.
  5. verb To happen to do or encounter something without planning it.

fate — full definition

  1. noun The power thought to control everything that happens, seen as unavoidable; also, the eventual outcome awaiting someone or something.
  2. verb To determine or decide something in advance, as if by destiny.

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