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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause;
- Example: "winning the lottery was a happy accident"
- Example: "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"
- Example: "it was due to an accident or fortuity"
[syn: accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fortuity \For*tu"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. fortuit['e].]
   Accident; chance; casualty. --D. Forbes (1750).
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fortuity
    n 1: anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an
         apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident";
         "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an
         accident or fortuity" [syn: accident, stroke,
         fortuity, chance event]