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Dictionary: for·tune   (fôr'chən) pronunciation
 
n.
    1. The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck: He decided to go home for the holidays, and his fortune turned for the worse.
    2. fortunes The turns of luck in the course of one's life.
    3. Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck: No matter what they tried, it ended in fortune.
    1. A person's condition or standing in life determined by material possessions or financial wealth: She pursued her fortune in another country.
    2. Extensive amounts of material possessions or money; wealth.
    3. A large sum of money: spent a fortune on the new car.
  1. 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.
    1. Fate; destiny: told my fortune with tarot cards.
    2. A foretelling of one's destiny.

v., -tuned, -tun·ing, -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.]


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noun

  1. 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. See certain/uncertain.
  2. Success attained as a result of chance: fortunateness, luck, luckiness. Idioms: goodfortuneluck. See luck/misfortune/chance.
  3. All things, such as money, property, or goods, having economic value: asset (used in plural), capital, mean3 (used in plural), resource (used in plural), wealth, wherewithal. See owned/unowned.
  4. A great amount of accumulated money and precious possessions: affluence, pelf, riches, treasure, wealth. See owned/unowned, rich/poor.
  5. A large sum of money: mint. Informal bundle, pretty penny, tidy sum, wad. Slang pile. See rich/poor.
  6. That which is inevitably destined: destiny, fate, kismet, lot, portion, predestination. See certain/uncertain.

 
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n

Definition: wealth, possessions
Antonyms: hardship, misfortune, poverty


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: n. - An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; A large amount of wealth or prosperity.

pronunciation Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

 
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Quotes:

"Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune." - Walt Whitman

"Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us." - Vincent Voiture

"Fortune sides with him who dares." - Virgil

"Fortune favors the brave." - Virgil

"Fortune does not so much change men, as it unmasks them." - Source Unknown

"Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her." - Mark Twain

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - formue, skæbne, lykke
v. tr. - give en formue til
v. intr. - satse, få succes

idioms:

  • fortune cookie    lykkekage
  • fortune hunter    lykkejæger
  • tell fortunes    spå

Nederlands (Dutch)
lot, het Lot, succes, geluk, (mv) lotgevallen, fortuin, vermogen, gebeuren (poëtisch)

Français (French)
n. - fortune, bonne chance, richesse, prospérité, destins (npl), hasards (npl), succès, riche (personne), héritière
v. tr. - enrichir qn (arch)
v. intr. - se produire par hasard

idioms:

  • fortune cookie    friandise chinoise avec un message à l'intérieur
  • fortune hunter    coureur de dot
  • tell fortunes    dire la bonne aventure

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schicksal, Vermögen, Glück
v. - geschehen

idioms:

  • fortune cookie    Plätzchen mit einer eingebackenen Weissagung
  • fortune hunter    Mitgiftjäger
  • tell fortunes    wahrsagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τύχη, καλοτυχία, σύμπτωση, μοίρα, ειμαρμένη, πεπρωμένο (κν. γραφτό), περιουσία (που αποκτήθηκε εν μέρει από τύχη), προίκα, υλικός πλούτος, υλικά αγαθά

idioms:

  • fortune cookie    ζαχαρωτό συνοδευόμενο από χαρτάκι που αναγράφει πρόβλεψη για τη μοίρα σου
  • fortune hunter    τυχοδιώκτης, προικοθήρας
  • tell fortunes    προβλέπω το μέλλον, λέω την τύχη

Italiano (Italian)
destino, sorte, caso, fortuna, patrimonio, ricchezze, sostanze

idioms:

  • fortune cookie    biscottino cinese, biscotto della fortuna
  • fortune hunter    cacciatore di dote
  • tell fortunes    predire il futuro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sorte (f), riqueza (f)

idioms:

  • fortune cookie    biscoito (m) da sorte
  • fortune hunter    caçador (m) de dotes (alguém que quer se casar por dinheiro)
  • tell fortunes    ler a sorte

Русский (Russian)
счастье, удача, судьба, состояние, богатство

idioms:

  • fortune cookie    печенье с запиской-про- рицанием
  • fortune hunter    охотник за богатой невестой
  • tell fortunes    ворожить

Español (Spanish)
n. - destino, sino, suerte, fatalidad, hado, fortuna, caudal, haber, patrimonio
v. tr. - dotar con una fortuna
v. intr. - dotarse de fortuna

idioms:

  • fortune cookie    galleta de la buenaventura
  • fortune hunter    cazador de dotes, cazafortunas
  • tell fortunes    adivinar la suerte, decir la buenaventura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lycka, förmögenhet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
财富, 兴隆, 运气, 给予财富, 偶然发生, 碰巧

idioms:

  • fortune cookie    签饼
  • fortune hunter    追求财富者, 想借婚姻致富者
  • tell fortunes    算命

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 財富, 興隆, 運氣
v. tr. - 給予財富
v. intr. - 偶然發生, 碰巧

idioms:

  • fortune cookie    簽餅
  • fortune hunter    追求財富者, 想借婚姻致富者
  • tell fortunes    算命

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 부, 재산, 행운
v. tr. - 남에게 재산을 주다
v. intr. - 우연히 일어나다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 運, 幸運, 運命の女神, 運勢, 財産, 富, 大金

idioms:

  • fortune cookie    クッキー
  • fortune hunter    玉の輿にのろうとする者, 楽をして財産を得ようとするもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ثروة , حظ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מזל, מקרה, אלילת הגורל, הון עתק, עושר‬
v. tr. - ‮תרם עושר (מיושן)‬
v. intr. - ‮קרה (מיושן)‬


 
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