fortune
/ˈfɔːtʃuːn/ · noun
Meaning
- Destiny, especially favorable.
- A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
- A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
- The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
- Good luck.
- One's wealth; the amount of money one has; especially, if it is vast.
- To happen, take place.
- To provide with a fortune.
- To presage; to tell the fortune of.
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