Fortune Definition
fôrchən
fortuned, fortunes, fortuning
noun
fortunes
The entity or power believed by some to bring good or bad luck to people; luck; chance; fate.
Webster's New World
The turns of luck in the course of one's life.
American Heritage
Good luck; success; prosperity.
Webster's New World
A person's condition or standing in life determined by material possessions or financial wealth.
She pursued her fortune in Rome.
American Heritage
A large quantity of money or possessions; wealth; riches.
Webster's New World
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verb
fortuned, fortunes
To provide with wealth.
Webster's New World
To happen; chance.
Webster's New World
To ascribe or give good or bad fortune to.
American Heritage
1885, Sir Richard Burton, “Night 20”, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night.
Wiktionary
idiom
a small fortune
- a very high price or cost
Webster's New World
tell someone's fortune
- to profess to tell what is going to happen in someone's life, as by palmistry, cards, etc.
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fortune
- a small fortune
- tell someone's fortune
Origin of Fortune
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From Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). The plural form fortunae meant “possessions”, which also gave fortune the meaning of “riches”.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French from Latin fortūna bher-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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