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Fortune
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- 3 An unincorporated community in Cross County, Arkansas, United States.
- 1 Destiny, especially favorable. countable, uncountable
"She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money."
- 2 an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another wordnet
- 3 A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller. countable, uncountable
- 4 an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome wordnet
- 5 A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie. countable, uncountable
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- 6 a large amount of wealth or prosperity wordnet
- 7 The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident. countable, uncountable
"'Tis more by fortune, lady, than by merit."
- 8 your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) wordnet
- 9 Good luck. countable, uncountable
"fame and fortune"
- 10 One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast. countable, uncountable
"He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East."
- 11 A large amount of money. countable, uncountable
"That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?"
- 1 To provide (someone) with a fortune. transitive
- 2 To tell the fortune of (someone); to presage. transitive
- 3 To happen, to take place. intransitive, obsolete
"Thẽ the heerdmẽ⸝ fleed and went there ways into the cite⸝ and tolde every thinge⸝ and what had fortuned vnto them that were poſſeſſed of the devyls."
Etymology
From Middle English 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 Middle English fortune, from Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). The plural form fortunae meant “possessions”, which also gave fortune the meaning of “riches”.
The name of the town in Newfoundland is derived from Portuguese fortuna (“luck, fortune”). The name may refer to a fortuitous event that occurred in the nearby bay.
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