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good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.).

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English, in the phrase God spede may God prosper (you). See God, speed

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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Godspeed (ˈɡɒdˈspiːd)

—*interj*, —n
	an expression of one's good wishes for a person's success and safety

[C15: from God spede may God prosper (you)]

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