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fortune

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See also:Fortuneandfortuné

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishfortune, fromOld Frenchfortune, fromLatinfortuna(“fate, luck”). The plural formfortunae meant “possessions”, which also gavefortune the meaning of “riches”.

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn/
(General American)IPA^(key): /ˈfoɹt͡ʃun/,/-t͡ʃən/
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Rhymes:-ɔː(ɹ)t͡ʃuːn,-ɔː(ɹ)tʃən
Hyphenation:for‧tune

Noun

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fortune (countable anduncountable,pluralfortunes)

Destiny, especiallyfavorable.
Synonyms:doom,fate;see alsoThesaurus:fate
She read myfortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.
- 1647,Abraham Cowley, “My Fate”, inThe Mistress:
  you, who men'sfortunes in their faces read
- 1959,Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, inThe Unknown Ajax:
  […]his lordship was out of humour. That was the way Chollacombe described as knaggy an old gager as ever Charles had had the ill-fortune to serve.
Aprediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by afortune teller.
A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into afortune cookie.
Thearrival of something in asudden orunexpectedmanner;chance;accident.
Synonyms:hap,luck;see alsoThesaurus:luck
- c.1607–1608 (date written),William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?],The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White andThomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published1609,→OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
  'Tis more byfortune, lady, than by merit.
Goodluck.
Synonyms:fortuity;see alsoThesaurus:good luck
Antonyms:doom,fate,misfortune
fame andfortune
Fortune favors the brave.
- 1599 (first performance),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene iii]:
  There is a tide in the affairs of men / Which, taken at the flood, leads on tofortune.
One'swealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
Synonyms:riches;see alsoThesaurus:wealth
He's amassed a smallfortune working in the Middle East.
My vastfortune was a result of inheritance and stock market nous.
Herfortune is estimated at 3 million dollars.
A large amount ofmoney.
That car must be worth afortune! How could you afford it?
- 2015 June 24, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products” (00:02:53 from the start), inChina Uncensored‎^[1], spoken by himself (Chris Chappell),New Tang Dynasty Television, viaNew Tang Dynasty Television:
  Why spend a smallfortune on Puma when you could buy Numa, Tuna or Pigg? And why buy Adidas when you can buy Adidos or Avivas? Nike, when there's Nire or Hike? Calvin Klein, when clearly, Calvim Klain or Cavern Kernel are just as good? But remember, after a good workout, be sure to clean up with some Okay shampoo.