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
- noun An opportunity to do something.
- noun The likelihood of something happening; probability.
- noun Something that happens randomly, without any apparent cause or plan.
- verb To risk doing something, accepting that it might go wrong.
- verb To happen to do or encounter something without planning it.
fate — full definition
- noun The power thought to control everything that happens, seen as unavoidable; also, the eventual outcome awaiting someone or something.
- verb To determine or decide something in advance, as if by destiny.