fortune
position in life as determined by wealth: It's not easy to make one's fortune from humble beginnings.
wealth or riches: He lost a small fortune in bad investments.
great wealth; ample stock of money, property, and the like: Those gems are worth a fortune.
chance; luck: They each had the bad fortune to marry the wrong person.
fortunes. things that happen or are to happen to a person in their life: Her charitable spirit stayed with her even as her fortunes changed with marriage.
fate; lot; destiny: Whatever my fortune may be, my faith will guide me.
Fortune. chance personified, commonly regarded as a mythical being distributing arbitrarily or capriciously the lots of life: Perhaps Fortune will smile on our venture.
good luck; success; prosperity: The family was blessed by fortune.
Archaic. a wealthy woman; an heiress.
Archaic. to endow (someone or something) with a fortune.
Archaic. to chance or happen; come by chance.
Idioms about fortune
tell someone's fortune, to profess to inform someone of future events in their own life; foretell.
Origin of fortune
1Other words for fortune
Other words from fortune
- for·tune·less, adjective
Words Nearby fortune
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How to use fortune in a sentence
The building used to be an all-girls school, and when it was initially purchased by fortune it was dilapidated.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTStanley Richards, Senior Vice President of the fortune Society, gave a tour along with a few residents.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThat good fortune meant CNN had the only TV correspondent on the scene.
Hitchcock had the historical good fortune to have worked from silent films through television.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“I suppose she'll want a fortune as well,” he says, looking at me as if I were Liv Ullmann's agent.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThe fortune was proving quite as large as he had expected, and not even an inquest had been held upon the dead man.
Uncanny Tales | VariousBut "the cards never forgive," and as a rule Dame fortune is relentless to the reckless player.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsAristide always regarded the fortune of the moment as if it would last forever.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThe fact that her fortune was vaguely threatened did not cause her anxiety: she scarcely realized it.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for fortune
/ (ˈfɔːtʃən) /
an amount of wealth or material prosperity, esp, when unqualified, a great amount
small fortune a large sum of money
a power or force, often personalized, regarded as being responsible for human affairs; chance
luck, esp when favourable
(often plural) a person's lot or destiny
archaic
(tr) to endow with great wealth
(intr) to happen by chance
Origin of fortune
1Derived forms of fortune
- fortuneless, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with fortune
see make a fortune.
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