fortune

Pluralfortunes

Formsfortunes, fortuning, fortuned

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A very large amount of money.

   Like more money than most people could ever save up.

   They paid a fortune for that little house by the lake.

   Fixing the old car cost him a fortune.

   Similarbundle, packet, mint, bomb, pile

   Oppositepittance, trifle

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   All the money and property that someone owns, usually a lot.

   Like everything valuable a person owns, added up together.

   He made his fortune selling computers.

   She left her whole fortune to charity.

   Similarwealth, riches, affluence, opulence, abundance

   Oppositepoverty

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   Good luck, or good things that happen by chance.

   Like having things go your way without planning it.

   By good fortune, they found shelter before the storm hit.

   She had the fortune to meet her mentor early in her career.

   Similarluck, happiness, felicity

   Oppositemisfortune

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4. 4
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The good things that fate seems to have in store for someone.

   Like a path that life seems to set out for you.

   She believed it was her fortune to lead the village one day.

   The soldiers trusted that fortune would carry them home safely.

   Similarfate, destiny, lot, kismet, doom

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   What a fortune teller says will happen to you in the future.

   Like a guess about your future, told as if it were certain.

   The reader gazed into the crystal ball and told her a grim fortune.

   He laughed off the gloomy fortune he was given at the fair.

   Similarprediction, prophecy

6. 6
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Something that happens by chance, not because anyone planned it.

   Like bumping into someone you know in a place you never expected.

   By a strange fortune, the two old friends met again in a foreign city.

   It was pure fortune that brought the letter to the right address.

   Similarluck, chance, accident, serendipity, hazard

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7. 7
   nouncountable

   A small piece of paper with a wise saying inside a fortune cookie.

   Like a tiny note hidden inside a treat, with a message just for you.

   She cracked open the cookie and read her fortune aloud.

   His fortune said that a happy surprise was coming soon.

8. 8
   verbtransitive

   To tell someone what will happen to them in the future.

   Like reading someone's future out loud, as if it were already written.

   Street readers fortune the curious for a few coins.

   She offered to fortune him before the long journey.

9. 9
   verbtransitive

   To make someone rich by giving them a large amount of money.

   Like a gift big enough to make someone wealthy all at once.

   A single lucky deal can fortune an entire family overnight.

   Their grandfather's legacy fortuned all three of his nephews.

   Similarenrich, endow

   Oppositeimpoverish, beggar

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