fortune
About 16.21 uses per million words.
Meaning
- 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.
- noun A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
- noun A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
- noun The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
- noun Good luck.
fame and fortune
- 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.
- noun A large amount of money.
That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?
- 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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