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   For·tune

   /ˈfôrCHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. chance or luck as an external, arbitrary force affecting human affairs: "some malicious act of fortune keeps them separate" Similar chanceaccidentcoincidenceserendipitytwist of fatedestinyfortuityprovidencefreakhazardfateLady LuckDame Fortunehappenstance
   • ▪ luck, especially good luck: "this astounding piece of good fortune that has befallen me" Similar luckfatedestinypredestinationthe starsfortuityserendipitykarmakismetlotwhat is written in the stars
   • ▪ the success or failure of a person or enterprise over a period of time or in the course of a particular activity: "he is credited with turning around the company's fortunes" Similar circumstancesstate of affairsconditionfinancial/material positionfinancial/material situationfinancial/material statusresourcesmeansfinancesincomeplightpredicamentstation in lifelotlifestylefutureprospects
   • 2. a large amount of money or assets: "he eventually inherited a substantial fortune" Similar wealthrichessubstancepropertyassetsresourcesmeansdeep pocketspossessionstreasureestateaffluenceprosperity
   • ▪ a surprisingly high price or amount of money: informal "I spent a fortune on drink and drugs" Similar a huge amounta small fortunea king's ransoma vast suma large sum of moneya lotmillionsbillionsinformal:a packeta minta bundlea pilea wada pretty pennyan arm and a lega tidy suma killinga bombsilly moneyloadsamoneyshedloadsbig bucksbig moneygazillionsbig bickies

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin Fortuna, the name of a goddess personifying luck or chance.

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   What is the meaning of Fortune?

   • Definition of fortune noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary [uncountable] chance or luck, especially in the way it affects people's lives I have had the good fortune to work with some brilliant directors. By a stroke of fortune, she found work almost immediately. Fortune smiled on me (= I had good luck). Want to learn more?

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   What does the plural Fortunae mean?

   • The plural form fortunae meant “possessions”, which also gave fortune the meaning of “riches”. There must be a fortune right here in this building. That castle cost a fortune to build. I am not one of those on whom fortune deigns to smile. Very well, but only if you give me a fortune, said Helene.

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   What does the word 'Fortun' mean?

   • See -fortun-. position in life as determined by wealth:to make one's fortune. wealth or riches:to lose a small fortune in bad investments. great wealth; ample stock of money, property, and the like:to be worth a fortune. chance; luck:They each had the bad fortune to marry the wrong person.

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   What does fortune mean in astrology?

   • fortunes.things that happen or are to happen to a person in his or her life. fate; lot; destiny:whatever my fortune may be. Mythology(cap.) chance personified, commonly regarded as a mythical being distributing arbitrarily or capriciously the lots of life:Perhaps Fortune will smile on our venture.

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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.

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   FORTUNE definition: 1. a lot of money: 2. the good or bad things that happen to you: . Learn more.

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   fortune meaning: 1. a lot of money: 2. the good or bad things that happen to you: . Learn more.

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   1 [uncountable] chance or luck, especially in the way it affects people's lives I have had the good fortune to work with some brilliant directors. By a stroke of fortune, she found work almost immediately. Fortune smiled on me (= I had good luck).

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English for‧tune /ˈfɔːtʃən $ ˈfɔːr-/ S3 W3 noun 1 money [ countable] a very large amount of money He made a fortune selling property in Spain. My first painting sold for £25, a small fortune then for an art student. He died in poverty in 1947, but his art is worth a fortune.

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   Fortune definition: A hypothetical, often personified force or power that favorably or unfavorably governs the events of one's life.

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   n. position in life as determined by wealth: to make one's fortune. wealth or riches: to lose a small fortune in bad investments. great wealth; ample stock of money, property, and the like: to be worth a fortune. chance; luck: They each had the bad fortune to marry the wrong person.