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fortune

[ fawr-chuhn ]

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noun

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.
Synonyms: karma, kismet, providence, destiny, fate
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.
Synonyms: Lady Luck, Moira
good luck; success; prosperity:
The family was blessed by fortune.
Archaic. a wealthy woman; an heiress.

verb (used with object)

, for·tuned, for·tun·ing.

Archaic. to endow (someone or something) with a fortune.

verb (used without object)

, for·tuned, for·tun·ing.

Archaic. to chance or happen; come by chance.

fortune

/ ˈfɔːtʃən /

noun

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

verb

archaic.
1. tr to endow with great wealth
2. intr to happen by chance

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Derived Forms

ˈfortuneless, adjective

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Other Words From

fortune·less adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fortune¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fortūna “chance, luck, fortune,” derivative of fort- (stem of fors ) “chance”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fortune¹

C13: from Old French, from Latin fortūna , from fors chance

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

tell someone's fortune, to profess to inform someone of future events in their own life; foretell.

More idioms and phrases containing fortune

see make a fortune .

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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