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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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fortune-teller

US pronunciation

American soundfortune teller

fortuneteller

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Final r is pronounced in US English

fortune - teller -> fortune teller

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဗေဒင်ဆရာ

Full entry

fortune /'fↄ:tʃu:n / n

၁။ [U] အခွင့်အလမ်း။ ကံ။ By a stroke of fortune he got a small part in a television play. ❍ I had the good fortune to be chosen for a trip abroad.
❍ Fortune smiled on him (ie He had good luck).
၂။ [C usu pl ] ကံ။ ကြမ္မာ။ အခြေအနေ။ the changing fortunes of the film industry ❍ Britain's improving economic fortunes ❍ a turning point in his fortunes ❍ the fortunes of war.
၃။ [C] ရှေးဖြစ်။ အလားအလာ။ She tells your fortune by looking at the lines on your hand.
၄။ [C usu sing ] ငွေအမြောက်အမြား။
She inherited a huge fortune.
❍ He made a fortune buying and selling property.
❍ (infml ) That ring is worth/ must have cost a (small) fortune.
❏ fortune cookie n (US ) ဟောစာတမ်းပါသည့် တရုတ်မုန့်။
❏ fortune-teller n ဗေဒင်ဆရာ၊ ဆရာမ။

More examples

Jordan had inherited a considerable personal fortune from his uncle.
[make/amass a fortune] : He had made a fortune from mining.
[make your fortune] : Henry Ford made his fortune with the Model T.
[cost a fortune] : Flats in this area cost a fortune.
[spend/pay a fortune] : They must have spent a fortune on flowers alone.
The first step towards fame and fortune
Young people who come to the city to seek their fortune
A career that illustrates the changing fortunes of the Labour Party
The new board will work to restore the company’s fortunes.
It was his good fortune to take over the company at exactly the right time.
[have the good fortune to do something] : I had the good fortune to know the manager of the company.
[a change of fortune] : His friends were delighted with his change of fortune.

Synonyms

luck, chance, kismet, destiny, fate, Moirai, accident, affluence, an arm and a leg, bomb, break, capital, certainty, circumstances, contingency, cupped, cupping, divine will, doom, estate, expectation, experience, fifty-fifty, fighting chance, fluke, fortuity, fortunateness, future, gold mine, good break, handwriting on wall, hazard, history, inescapableness, inheritance, karma, life, lot, lucked into, lucked out, luckiness, lucky break, lucky hit, mint, opulence, packet, pile, portion, possessions, predestinate, predestine, property, prosperity, providence, resources, riches, roll of the dice, run of luck, star, streak of luck, substance, success, tidy sum, treasure, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, wealth, wheel of fortune, worth

Antonyms

assurance, debt, design, hardship, misfortune, past, pittance, plan, poverty, reality, surety

Cross references

luck chance kismet destiny fate Moirai accident affluence an arm and a leg bomb break capital certainty circumstances contingency cupped cupping divine will doom estate expectation experience fifty-fifty fighting chance fluke fortuity fortunateness future

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