fortune
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(noun) a large amount of wealth or prosperity |
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Related Words: hoarded wealth, treasure |
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(noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you): "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" |
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Synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fate, lot, luck, portion |
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Related Words: bad luck, condition, failure, good fortune, good luck, ill luck, misfortune, providence, status |
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(noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "it was a chance meeting" |
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Synonyms: chance, hazard, luck |
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Related Words: bad luck, even chance, mischance, mishap, phenomenon, toss-up |
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(noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand" |
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Synonyms: luck |
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Related Words: fluke, good fortune, good luck, phenomenon |
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