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for·tune F0273300 (fôr′chən)n.1. a. The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck: He decided to travel, 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 Rome.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.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fortūna; see bher- in Indo-European roots.]fortune (ˈfɔːtʃən) n1. an amount of wealth or material prosperity, esp, when unqualified, a great amount2. small fortune a large sum of money3. (European Myth & Legend) a power or force, often personalized, regarded as being responsible for human affairs; chance4. luck, esp when favourable5. (often plural) a person's lot or destinyvbarchaic a. (tr) to endow with great wealthb. (intr) to happen by chance[C13: from Old French, from Latin fortūna, from fors chance] ˈfortuneless adjfor•tune (ˈfɔr tʃən)
n., v. -tuned, -tun•ing. n. 1. position in life as determined by wealth: to make one's fortune. 2. wealth; riches: lost a fortune. 3. an ample stock of material possessions: inherited a fortune. 4. chance; luck: had the bad fortune to go bankrupt. 5. fortunes, varied occurrences that happen or are to happen to a person in life. 6. fate; destiny: to tell someone's fortune. 7. (cap.) chance personified, commonly regarded as a mythical being distributing arbitrarily or capriciously the lots of life. v.t. 8. Archaic. to endow with a fortune. v.i. 9. Archaic. to chance; happen. [1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin fortūna chance, luck, fortune] for′tune•less, adj. fortune - Latin fors, "chance," formed fortuna, "that which fate brings along," hence fortune, "luck" or "good luck."See also related terms for luck.Fortune/Misfortune See Also: RICHES - Adversity was spreading over him like mold —Irvin S. Cobb
- Bad moments, like good ones, tend to be grouped together —Edna O’Brien
- Blessed as the meek who shall inherit the earth —Anon
This illustrates how a quote can be transposed into a simile. - The day of fortune is like a harvest day, we must be busy when the corn is ripe —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Disasters … rolling in the brain like pebbles —Denise Levertov
- Fortune is as … brittle as glass —Publilius Syrus
- Fortune is like glass: she breaks when she is brightest —Latin proverb
- Fortune is like the market, where if you will bide your time, the price will fall —German proverb
A variation by Francis Bacon begins like the above and finishes as follows: “If you can stay a little, the price will fall.” - Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it’s ten to one if they hang long together —Douglas Jerrold
- Fortune sits on him like a ton of shit —Irving Feldman
- Good fortune, like ripe fruit, ought to be enjoyed while it is present —Epictetus
- Good fortune seemed to be following me like a huge affectionate dog —John Braine
- It’s a nightmare like trying to conquer the Himalayas on roller skates or swim the English Channel lashed to a cannon —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Luck is like having a rice dumpling fly into your mouth —Japanese proverb
- A luckless man … the kind of man who would have gotten two complimentary tickets for the Titanic —William Mcllvanney
The actual text in Scotch author Mcllvanney’s Papers of Tony Veitch reads: “The kinnaa man woulda got two complimentary tickets for the Titanic.” - Luck shines in his face like good health —Anon
- Misfortunes disappeared, as though swept away by a great flood of sunlight —Emile Zola
- Misfortunes, like the owl, avoid the light —Charles Churchill
- Misfortunes … passed over her like wild geese —Ellen Glasgow
- Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle —James Russell Lowell
- The storms of adversity, like those of the ocean, rouse the faculties —Captain Frederick Marryatt
- Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head —William Shakespeare
- Tried to conceal his misfortune as if it were a vice —Mihail Lermontov
- To wait for luck is like waiting for death —Japanese proverb
fortuneGood fortune is good luck. He has since had the good fortune to be promoted.He could hardly believe his good fortune.It's lucky that I'm going abroad.It's a good job you were there.Note that in American English, you use a good thing, rather than a good job. It's a good thing you didn't call me that night.fortune
Past participle: fortuned
Gerund: fortuning
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| I fortune | | you fortune | | he/she/it fortunes | | we fortune | | you fortune | | they fortune |
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| I fortuned | | you fortuned | | he/she/it fortuned | | we fortuned | | you fortuned | | they fortuned |
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| I am fortuning | | you are fortuning | | he/she/it is fortuning | | we are fortuning | | you are fortuning | | they are fortuning |
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| I have fortuned | | you have fortuned | | he/she/it has fortuned | | we have fortuned | | you have fortuned | | they have fortuned |
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| I was fortuning | | you were fortuning | | he/she/it was fortuning | | we were fortuning | | you were fortuning | | they were fortuning |
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| I had fortuned | | you had fortuned | | he/she/it had fortuned | | we had fortuned | | you had fortuned | | they had fortuned |
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| I will fortune | | you will fortune | | he/she/it will fortune | | we will fortune | | you will fortune | | they will fortune |
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| I will have fortuned | | you will have fortuned | | he/she/it will have fortuned | | we will have fortuned | | you will have fortuned | | they will have fortuned |
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| I will be fortuning | | you will be fortuning | | he/she/it will be fortuning | | we will be fortuning | | you will be fortuning | | they will be fortuning |
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| I have been fortuning | | you have been fortuning | | he/she/it has been fortuning | | we have been fortuning | | you have been fortuning | | they have been fortuning |
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| I will have been fortuning | | you will have been fortuning | | he/she/it will have been fortuning | | we will have been fortuning | | you will have been fortuning | | they will have been fortuning |
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| I had been fortuning | | you had been fortuning | | he/she/it had been fortuning | | we had been fortuning | | you had been fortuning | | they had been fortuning |
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| I would fortune | | you would fortune | | he/she/it would fortune | | we would fortune | | you would fortune | | they would fortune |
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| I would have fortuned | | you would have fortuned | | he/she/it would have fortuned | | we would have fortuned | | you would have fortuned | | they would have fortuned |
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, luckphenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoningmischance, 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, tossup, toss-up - an unpredictable phenomenon; "it's a toss-up whether he will win or lose" | | 2. | fortune - a large amount of wealth or prosperityhoarded 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"luckphenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoningfluke, 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, portioncondition - 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 outcomesprovidence - a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creaturesbad luck, ill luck, tough luck, misfortune - an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomesfailure - lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure" |
fortunenoun1. large sum of money, bomb (Brit. slang), packet (slang), bundle (slang), big money, big bucks (informal, chiefly U.S.), top dollar (informal), megabucks (U.S. & Canad. slang), an arm and a leg (informal), king's ransom, pretty penny (informal) Eating out all the time costs a fortune.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) He made his fortune in car sales.
wealth poverty, hardship, privation, penury, destitution, indigence3. luck, accident, fluke (informal), stroke of luck, serendipity, hap (archaic), twist of fate, run of luck Such good fortune must be shared with my friends.4. chance, fate, destiny, providence, the stars, Lady Luck, kismet, fortuity He is certainly being smiled on by fortune.plural noun destiny, life, lot, experiences, history, condition, success, means, circumstances, expectation, adventures She kept up with the fortunes of the family.Quotations
"Fortune, that favours fools" [Ben Jonson The Alchemist]
"The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" [William Shakespeare Hamlet]
"Base Fortune, now I see, that in thy wheel"
"There is a point, to which when men aspire,"
"They tumble headlong down" [Christopher Marlowe Edward II]fortunenoun1. The quality shared by random, unintended, or unpredictable events or this quality regarded as the cause of such events:chance, fortuitousness, fortuity, hap, hazard, luck.2. Success attained as a result of chance:fortunateness, luck, luckiness.Idiom: good fortune.3. All things, such as money, property, or goods, having economic value:asset (used in plural), capital, mean (used in plural), resource (used in plural), wealth, wherewithal.4. A great amount of accumulated money and precious possessions:affluence, pelf, riches, treasure, wealth.5. A large sum of money:mint.Informal: bundle, pretty penny, tidy sum, wad.Slang: pile.6. That which is inevitably destined:destiny, fate, kismet, lot, portion, predestination.Translationsfortune (ˈfoːtʃən) noun1. whatever happens by chance or (good or bad) luck. whatever fortune may bring. 運氣 运气2. a large amount of money. That ring must be worth a fortune! 大量錢財 大量钱财ˈfortunate (-nət) adjective having good fortune; lucky. It was fortunate that no-one was killed in the accident. 幸運的 幸运的ˈfortunately adverb 幸運地 幸运地ˈfortune-teller noun someone who tells fortunes. 算命先生 算命先生tell (someone's) fortune to foretell what will happen to someone in the future. The gypsy told my fortune. 為某人算命 给某人算命fortune
See:- a hostage to fortune
- a small fortune
- come into money
- Every man is the architect of his own fortune
- fickle fortune
- fortune favors the bold
- fortune favors the brave
- fortune favours the brave
- fortune is smiling (up)on (someone)
- fortune smiles (up)on someone
- fortune smiles on somebody
- fortunes of war
- give hostage to fortune
- hostage to fortune
- make (one's) fortune(s)
- make (some amount of money) in (something)
- make a fortune
- seek (one's) fortune
- seek your fortune
- small fortune
- soldier of fortune
- stroke of fortune
- tell (someone's) fortune
- tell fortunes
- the fortunes of war
- the wheel of fortune
- try (one's) fortune
- try fortune
- wheel of fortune, the
fortune
fortune a power or force, often personalized, regarded as being responsible for human affairs; chance fortune
Related to fortune: fortune teller, horoscope, Fortune 500Synonyms for fortunenoun large sum of moneySynonyms- large sum of money
- bomb
- packet
- bundle
- big money
- big bucks
- top dollar
- megabucks
- an arm and a leg
- king's ransom
- pretty penny
noun wealthSynonyms- wealth
- means
- property
- riches
- resources
- assets
- pile
- possessions
- treasure
- prosperity
- mint
- gold mine
- wad
- affluence
- opulence
- tidy sum
Antonyms- poverty
- hardship
- privation
- penury
- destitution
- indigence
noun luckSynonyms- luck
- accident
- fluke
- stroke of luck
- serendipity
- hap
- twist of fate
- run of luck
noun chanceSynonyms- chance
- fate
- destiny
- providence
- the stars
- Lady Luck
- kismet
- fortuity
noun destinySynonyms- destiny
- life
- lot
- experiences
- history
- condition
- success
- means
- circumstances
- expectation
- adventures
Synonyms for fortunenoun the quality shared by random, unintended, or unpredictable events or this quality regarded as the cause of such eventsSynonyms- chance
- fortuitousness
- fortuity
- hap
- hazard
- luck
noun success attained as a result of chanceSynonyms- fortunateness
- luck
- luckiness
noun all things, such as money, property, or goods, having economic valueSynonyms- asset
- capital
- mean
- resource
- wealth
- wherewithal
noun a great amount of accumulated money and precious possessionsSynonyms- affluence
- pelf
- riches
- treasure
- wealth
noun a large sum of moneySynonyms- mint
- bundle
- pretty penny
- tidy sum
- wad
- pile
noun that which is inevitably destinedSynonyms- destiny
- fate
- kismet
- lot
- portion
- predestination
Synonyms for fortunenoun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than anotherSynonymsRelated Words- phenomenon
- mischance
- mishap
- bad luck
- even chance
- tossup
- toss-up
noun a large amount of wealth or prosperityRelated Wordsnoun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcomeSynonymsRelated Words- phenomenon
- fluke
- good fortune
- good luck
noun your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)Synonyms- circumstances
- luck
- destiny
- fate
- lot
- portion
Related Words- condition
- good fortune
- good luck
- luckiness
- providence
- bad luck
- ill luck
- tough luck
- misfortune
- failure
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