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Meaning of fortune

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

fortune

Pronunciation:/ˈfɔːtʃuːn//ˈfɔɹtʃun/

noun

Definitions

  1. Destiny, especially favorable.

    Example: She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.

  2. A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.

  3. A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.

  4. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.

verb

Definitions

  1. To happen, take place.

  2. To provide with a fortune.

  3. To presage; to tell the fortune of.