fortune
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fortune/ˈfɔːtʃuːn/
▶noun
- 1 chance as an arbitrary force affecting human affairs.
■ luck, especially good luck.
■ (fortunes) the success or failure of a person or enterprise.
- 2 a large amount of money or assets.
■ (a fortune) a surprisingly high price or large amount of money.
– phrases
tell someone's fortune make predictions about a person's future by palmistry or similar divining methods.
tell someone's fortune make predictions about a person's future by palmistry or similar divining methods.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. Fortuna, a goddess personifying luck or chance.
'fortune' also found in these Oxford entries:
bonanza
- cartomancy
- chequer
- congratulate
- cross
- crystal ball
- fairy godmother
- Fortune 500
- fortune cookie
- fortune-hunter
- fortune-teller
- hap
- hostage
- palm
- peripeteia
- reversal
- rosy
- rub
- ship
- soldier of fortune
- sonsy
- Sri
- stoicism
- tarot
- thank
- unfortunate
- up
- vicissitude
- wheel
- windfall
