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fortuitous
/fɔr ˈtu ɪ təs/
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occurring by happy chance
fortuitous meaning(s)
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- (adj) occurring by happy chance
- (adj) having no cause or apparent cause
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fortuitous usage(s) Create your Own
- It is reported that a fortuitous typo stacked up LPs instead of CD-DVD in stores and the good thing was that the LPs sold like hot cakes.
- The profits would have dipped but for the fortuitous gain of the Indian currency.
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fortuitously
by good fortune
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fortuitousness
the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance
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fortuity
/fɔ ˈtju ɪ tɪ/
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anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
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fortuna
/fɔr ˈtu nə/
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(Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of…
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fortunate
/ˈfɔr tʃə nət/
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having unexpected good fortune
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fortunately
/ˈfɔr tʃə nət li/
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by good fortune
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fortune
/ˈfɔr tʃən/
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an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result…
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fortune cookie
thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper
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fortune hunter
a person who seeks wealth through marriage
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fortune teller
a person who foretells your personal future
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fortune telling
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural…
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fortunella
small genus of shrubs native to south China producing small ovoid fruits resembling…
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fortunella japonica
shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats
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fortunella margarita
shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats
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fortuneteller
a person who foretells your personal future
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fortunetelling
the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment)
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forty
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the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
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forty winks
sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
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forty-eight
being eight more than forty
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forty-eighth
the ordinal number of forty-eight in counting order
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forty-fifth
the ordinal number of forty-five in counting order
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forty-first
the ordinal number of forty-one in counting order
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forty-five
a .45-caliber pistol