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Definitions for good fortune
good for·tune
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Princeton's WordNet
good fortune, luckiness, good lucknoun
an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes
good luck, fluke, good fortunenoun
a stroke of luck
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Good Fortune
Good Fortune is a song by English alternative rock musician PJ Harvey. It is the second track and lead single from her fifth studio album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, and was released on 13 November 2000 on Island Records. The song was written by Harvey and self-produced with Mick Harvey and Rob Ellis. Upon its release, "Good Fortune" received positive critical acclaim and charted in both France and the United Kingdom, peaking at number 100 and number 41 respectively. The song had an accompanying music video, directed by Sophie Muller.
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good fortune
Good fortune refers to favorable or advantageous circumstances or outcomes that occur due to luck or chance, often leading to success, prosperity, happiness or other beneficial results.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of good fortune in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of good fortune in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of good fortune in a Sentence
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (opening lines):
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of ths surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
No joy in nature is so sublimely affecting as the joy of a mother at the good fortune of a child.
A sudden change in plans will lead to good fortune.
First, the IOC and the Tokyo organizing committee are in denial. They have never had to cancel an Olympics for anything but a world war, second, they want to control the spin. By pretending that there will be business as usual, they are hoping to keep Olympians in training and Olympic fans in preparation for traveling to Tokyo. If by some good fortune the virus abates and the Olympics are held, they want to make sure the athletes are present and prepared.
Justice Scalia once described as the peak of his days on the bench an evening at the Opera Ball when he joined two Washington National Opera tenors at the piano for a medley of songs. He called it the famous Three Tenors performance, he was, indeed, a magnificent performer. It was my great good fortune to have known him as working colleague and treasured friend.
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