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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. voorspoed حَظ случайност osud, náhoda held das Glück, das Schicksal τύχη fortuna, suerte saatus اقبال kohtalo hasard גוֹרָל सौभाग्य sreća szerencse nasib gæfa, heppni fortuna, sorte, caso 運 운 laimė, fortūna laime; veiksme nasib lot skjebne, hell, lykke los sorte întâmplare фортуна osud, náhoda usoda sudbina öde โชคชะตา şans, talih 運氣 доля قسمت vận may, rủi) 运气

2 a large amount of money That ring must be worth a fortune! fortuin ثَرْوَه богатство jmění formue das Vermögen περιουσία fortuna varandus مبلغ هنگفت omaisuus fortune הוֹן खजाना velik imetak (bogatstvo) vagyon uang banyak auður, auðæfi fortuna 多額の金 부, 재산 krūva pinigų bagātība wang banyak fortuin formue fortuna fortuna avere состояние majetok premoženje bogatstvo förmögenhet ทรัพย์สมบัติมากมาย servet 大量錢財 багатство بڑی رقم tài 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. gelukkig مَحْظوظ щастлив šťastný heldig glücklich τυχερός afortunado õnnelik خوش شانس onnekas heureux בַּר-מַזָל सौभाग्यशाली sretan szerencsés mujur heppinn; heppilegur fortunato 幸運な 운 좋은, 다행한 laimingas laimīgs; veiksmīgs nasib baik gelukkig heldig szczęśliwy, mający szczęście afortunado norocos удачный šťastný srečen srećan lyckosam, turlig โชคดี şanslı, talihli 幸運的 щасливий خوش قسمت may mắn 幸运的

adv ˈfortunately

gelukkig لِحُسْن الحَظ за щастие naštěstí heldigvis glücklicherweise ευτυχώς afortunadamente õnneks خوشبختانه onneksi heureusement לְמַרבֵּה הַמַזָל सौभाग्य से na srecu, srecom szerencsésen; szerencsére untunglah til allrar hamingju fortunatamente 幸運にも 다행히 laimei, laimingai laimīgi; veiksmīgi dengan nasib baik gelukkig heldigvis szczęśliwie, na szczęście felizmente din fericire к счастью šťastne na srečo srećom lyckosamt, turligt อย่างโชคดี iyi ki, Allahtan 幸運地 на щастя خوش قسمتی سے may mắn thay 幸运地

n ˈfortune-teller

someone who tells fortunes. fortuinverteller عَرّاف، قارئ البَخْت гадател věštec spåkone; spåmand der/die Wahrsager(in) μάντης, μάντισσα adivino ennustaja طالع بین ennustaja diseur/-eure de bonne aventure מַגִיד עֲתִידוֹת भविष्यवक्ता gatalac(ica) jós(nő) peramal spámaður, spákona indovino 占い師 다가오는, 있을 būrėja zīlnieks peramal waarzegger spåkone/-mann wróżka cartomante ghicitor, ghicitoare гадалка veštec, -kyňa vedeževalec proročica spåman, spåkvinna หมอดู falcı 算命先生 ворожка جیوتشی thầy 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 voorspel يَقْرأ البَخْت предсказвам бъдещето на някой věštit skæbne wahrsagen λέω τη μοίρα decir a alguien la buenaventura (kellelegi) tulevikku ennustama طالع کسی را دیدن povata dire la bonne aventure לְהָגִיד עֲתִידוֹת भविष्यवाणी करना gatati proricati sudbinu jósol meramal spá um örlög predire la sorte 占う 운명[]을 점치다 (iš)burti kam ateitį zīlēt nākotni meramal de toekomst voorspellen spå wróżyć ler a sina a ghici (viitorul) предсказывать (кому-л.) судьбу veštiť osud vedeževati proricati sudbinu spå ngn ทำนาย falına bakmak 給某人算命 ворожити کسی کی تقدیر کا حال بتانا đoán số của ai 给某人算命