1 [U] chance or luck, especially in the way it affects people's lives:
I have had the good fortune to work with some brilliant directors. * By a stroke of fortune he found work almost immediately. * Fortune smiled on me (= I had good luck).
2 [C] a large amount of money:
He made a fortune in real estate. * She inherited a share of the family fortune. * A car like that costs a small fortune. * You don't have to spend a fortune to give your family tasty, healthy meals. * She is hoping her US debut will be the first step on the road to fame and fortune. * That ring must be worth a fortune.
3 [C,usually pl.,U] the good and bad things that happen to a person, family, country, etc:
the changing fortunes of the film industry * the fortunes of war * a reversal of fortune(s)
4 [C] a person's fate or future:
She can tell your fortune by looking at the lines on your hand.
IDIOMS see HOSTAGE, SEEK
seealsoSOLDIEROFFORTUNE
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for fortune is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is fortune a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, fortune is tagged as noun.
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