"good fortune" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: good fortunes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} good fortune (usually uncountable, plural good fortunes)
  1. (uncountable) Good luck. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (Translations): ဥပ္ပနိဿယ (ʼuppanissaya) (Mon)
    Sense id: en-good_fortune-en-noun-GabFnxyk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 59 41
  2. (countable) An instance of good luck. Tags: countable, usually
    Sense id: en-good_fortune-en-noun-O9fhkAnW

Inflected forms

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