tell someone's fortune

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Definitions of tell someone's fortune words

noun tell someone's fortune position in life as determined by wealth: to make one's fortune. 1
noun tell someone's fortune wealth or riches: to lose a small fortune in bad investments. 1
noun tell someone's fortune great wealth; ample stock of money, property, and the like: to be worth a fortune. 1
noun tell someone's fortune chance; luck: They each had the bad fortune to marry the wrong person. 1
noun tell someone's fortune fortunes, things that happen or are to happen to a person in his or her life. 1
noun tell someone's fortune fate; lot; destiny: whatever my fortune may be. 1

before 1250

One of the 11% oldest English words

1250-1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin fortūna chance, luck, fortune, derivative of fort- (stem of fors) chance

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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