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wheel of fortune

wheel of for·tune
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hweel, weel uhv, ov fawr-chuh n]
    • /ʰwil, wil ʌv, ɒv ˈfɔr tʃən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hweel, weel uhv, ov fawr-chuh n]
    • /ʰwil, wil ʌv, ɒv ˈfɔr tʃən/

Definitions of wheel of fortune words

  • noun wheel of fortune wheel (def 9). 1
  • noun wheel of fortune a wheel-like gambling device that is rotated or spun to determine the winner of certain prizes. 1
  • noun wheel of fortune (in mythology and literature) a revolving device spun by a deity of fate selecting random changes in the affairs of man 0
  • noun wheel of fortune the wheel which the goddess of fortune was believed to rotate to bring about the alternations or reverses in human affairs 0
  • noun wheel of fortune the changes or vicissitudes of life 0
See all 5 definitions of wheel of fortune

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Origin of wheel of fortune

First appearance:

before 1755
One of the 47% newest English words
First recorded in 1755-65

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Parts of speech for Wheel of fortune

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Wheel of fortune

wheel of fortune popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for wheel of fortune

noun wheel of fortune

  • bingo — Bingo is a game in which each player has a card with numbers on. Someone calls out numbers and if you are the first person to have all your numbers called out, you win the game.
  • canasta — a card game for two to six players who seek to amass points by declaring sets of cards
  • chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
  • constellation — A constellation is a group of stars which form a pattern and have a name.
  • crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.

verb wheel of fortune

  • circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
  • cupped — hollowed like a cup; concave
  • cupping — the process of applying a cupping glass to the skin
  • dooming — fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
  • lotted — one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
All 29 Synonyms of wheel of fortune

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