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
Antonyms:
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

Other Word Forms of Fortune

Noun

Singular:
fortune
Plural:
fortunes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fortune

  • a small fortune
  • tell someone's fortune

Origin of Fortune

  • 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

  • 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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