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for·tune  (fôrchn)

n.

1.

a. The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck: He decided to go home for the holidays, and his fortune turned for the worse.

b. fortunes The turns of luck in the course of one's life.

c. Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck: No matter what they tried, it ended in fortune.

2.

a. A person's condition or standing in life determined by material possessions or financial wealth: She pursued her fortune in another country.

b. Extensive amounts of material possessions or money; wealth.

c. A large sum of money: spent a fortune on the new car.

3. often Fortune A hypothetical, often personified force or power that favorably or unfavorably governs the events of one's life: We believe that Fortune is on our side.

4.

a. Fate; destiny: told my fortune with tarot cards.

b. A foretelling of one's destiny.

v. for·tuned, for·tun·ing, for·tunes

v.tr.

1. Archaic To endow with wealth.

2. Obsolete To ascribe or give good or bad fortune to.

v.intr. Archaic

To occur by chance; happen.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fortna; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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fortune

Noun

1. a very large sum of money

2. luck, esp. when favourable

3. (often pl) a person's destiny

4. a power regarded as being responsible for human affairs

5. wealth or material prosperity [Latin fors chance]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fortune - an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance" chance, hazard, luck phenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning mischance, mishap, bad luck - an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" even chance, toss-up, tossup - an unpredictable phenomenon; "it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose"
	2.	fortune - a large amount of wealth or prosperity hoarded wealth, treasure - accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.; "the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies"
	3.	fortune - an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand" luck phenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning fluke, good fortune, good luck - a stroke of luck
	4.	fortune - your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" circumstances, luck, destiny, fate, lot, portion condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition" good fortune, good luck, luckiness - an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes providence - a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures bad luck, ill luck, tough luck, misfortune - an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes failure - lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"

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fortune

noun 1. large sum of money, bomb Brit. (slang) packet (slang) bundle (slang) big money, big bucks (informal), chiefly U.S. megabucks U.S., Canad. (slang) an arm and a leg (informal) king's ransom, pretty penny (informal) top whack (informal)

noun 2. wealth, means, property, riches, resources, assets, pile (informal) possessions, treasure, prosperity, mint, gold mine, wad U.S., Canad. (slang) affluence, opulence, tidy sum (informal) << OPPOSITE poverty

noun 3. luck, accident, fluke (informal) stroke of luck, serendipity, hap (archaic) twist of fate, run of luck

noun 4. chance, fate, destiny, providence, the stars, Lady Luck, kismet, fortuity

noun 5. (often plural) destiny, life, lot, experiences, history, condition, success, means, circumstances, expectation, adventures

Translations

fortune [ˈfɔːtʃən] n → suerte f (= wealth); fortuna;

to make a fortune → hacer un dineral

fortune [ˈfɔːtʃən] n → chance f (= wealth); fortune f;

to make a fortune → faire fortune

fortune [ˈfɔːtʃən] n → Glück nt;

(wealth) → Vermögen nt;

to make a fortune → ein Vermögen machen;

to tell sb's fortune → jdm wahrsagen

fortune [ˈfɔːtʃən] n → fortuna;

to make a fortune → farsi una fortuna

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fortune

n fortune [ˈfoːtʃən]

1 whatever happens by chance or (good or bad) luck whatever fortune may bring.voorspoedحَظслучайностosud, náhodahelddas Glück, das Schicksalτύχηfortuna, suertesaatusاقبالkohtalohasardגוֹרָלसौभाग्यsrećaszerencsenasibgæfa, heppnifortuna, sorte, caso運운laimė, fortūnalaime; veiksmenasiblotskjebne, hell, lykkelossorteîntâmplareфортунаosud, náhodausodasudbinaödeโชคชะตาşans, talih運氣доляقسمتvận may, rủi)运气

2 a large amount of money That ring must be worth a fortune!fortuinثَرْوَهбогатствоjměníformuedas Vermögenπεριουσίαfortunavarandusمبلغ هنگفتomaisuusfortuneהוֹןखजानाvelik imetak (bogatstvo)vagyonuang banyakauður, auðæfifortuna多額の金부, 재산krūva pinigųbagātībawang banyakfortuinformuefortunafortunaavereсостояниеmajetokpremoženjebogatstvoförmögenhetทรัพย์สมบัติมากมายservet大量錢財багатствоبڑی رقمtài sản; gia tài大量钱财

adj ˈfortunate [-nət]

having good fortune; lucky It was fortunate that no-one was killed in the accident.gelukkigمَحْظوظщастливšťastnýheldigglücklichτυχερόςafortunadoõnnelikخوش شانسonnekasheureuxבַּר-מַזָלसौभाग्यशालीsretanszerencsésmujurheppinn; heppilegurfortunato幸運な운 좋은, 다행한laimingaslaimīgs; veiksmīgsnasib baikgelukkigheldigszczęśliwy, mający szczęścieafortunadonorocosудачныйšťastnýsrečensrećanlyckosam, turligโชคดีşanslı, talihli幸運的щасливийخوش قسمتmay mắn幸运的

adv ˈfortunately

gelukkigلِحُسْن الحَظза щастиеnaštěstíheldigvisglücklicherweiseευτυχώςafortunadamenteõnneksخوشبختانهonneksiheureusementלְמַרבֵּה הַמַזָלसौभाग्य सेna srecu, srecomszerencsésen; szerencséreuntunglahtil allrar hamingjufortunatamente幸運にも다행히laimei, laimingailaimīgi; veiksmīgidengan nasib baikgelukkigheldigvisszczęśliwie, na szczęściefelizmentedin fericireк счастьюšťastnena srečosrećomlyckosamt, turligtอย่างโชคดีiyi ki, Allahtan幸運地на щастяخوش قسمتی سےmay mắn thay幸运地

n ˈfortune-teller

someone who tells fortunes. fortuinvertellerعَرّاف، قارئ البَخْتгадателvěštecspåkone; spåmandder/die Wahrsager(in)μάντης, μάντισσαadivinoennustajaطالع بینennustajadiseur/-eure de bonne aventureמַגִיד עֲתִידוֹתभविष्यवक्ताgatalac(ica)jós(nő)peramalspámaður, spákonaindovino占い師다가오는, 있을būrėjazīlnieksperamalwaarzeggerspåkone/-mannwróżkacartomanteghicitor, ghicitoareгадалкаveštec, -kyňavedeževalecproročicaspåman, spåkvinnaหมอดูfalcı算命先生ворожкаجیوتشیthầy bói算命先生

tell (someone's) fortune

to foretell what will happen to someone in the future The gypsy told my fortune.toekoms voorspelيَقْرأ البَخْتпредсказвам бъдещето на някойvěštitskæbnewahrsagenλέω τη μοίραdecir a alguien la buenaventura(kellelegi) tulevikku ennustamaطالع کسی را دیدنpovatadire la bonne aventureלְהָגִיד עֲתִידוֹתभविष्यवाणी करनाgatati proricati sudbinujósolmeramalspá um örlögpredire la sorte占う운명[]을 점치다(iš)burti kam ateitįzīlēt nākotnimeramalde toekomst voorspellenspåwróżyćler a sinaa ghici (viitorul)предсказывать (кому-л.) судьбуveštiť osudvedeževatiproricati sudbinuspå ngnทำนายfalına bakmak給某人算命ворожитиکسی کی تقدیر کا حال بتاناđoán số của ai给某人算命