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fortune

About 16.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Destiny, especially favorable.
    She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.
  2. noun A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
  3. noun A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
  4. noun The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
  5. noun Good luck.
    fame and fortune
  6. noun One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
    He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East.
  7. noun A large amount of money.
    That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?
  8. verb To provide (someone) with a fortune. To tell the fortune of (someone); to presage.

Similar words

luck chance lot fate destiny hazard portion circumstances lucky well-being

Often followed by

to of in and was is that had

Word family

Fortune Fortunes fortuned fortunes fortuning

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