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The correct spelling is fortune.
How to pronounce fortune
noun
IPA: /ˈfɔːtʃuːn/
Say it like: For-tun-e
The correct spelling is fortune. Destiny, especially favorable. For example: "She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money."
Usage Examples
“She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.”
“Fortune favors the brave.”
“He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Destiny, especially favorable.
- 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.
- 5.Good luck.
verb
- 1.To happen, take place.
- 2.To provide with a fortune.
- 3.To presage; to tell the fortune of.
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