Chelsea Football Club won the prestigious Uefa Champions League trophy and a lot of people called it luck. Before you conclude that the victory was luck, consider the various definitions and see if you were right. Don't hesitate to rescind your judgement
Luck/lək/ Noun:
1. Success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions. (oxforddictionaries.com)
2. Success that you have by chance and not because of anything that you do (macmillandictionary.com)
3. An influence that seems to make things, especially good things, happen to people for no particular reason (macmillandictionary.com)
4. An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome. (LearnThatWord.com)
5. Events that are beyond control and seem subject to chance; fortune (collinsdictionary.com)
They called it luck
He worked by day
and toiled by night.
He gave up play
and much delight.
Dry books he read,
new things to learn.
And forged ahead,
success to earn.
He plodded on,
with faith and pluck.
And when he won,
they called it luck.
- Author Unknown -
If you win a game, that's what your opponent will call you -fun.chessdom.com/chess-dictionary
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