fortune | |
1. n. Destiny, especially favorable. | |
She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money. | |
2. n. A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller. | |
3. n. A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie. | |
4. n. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident. | |
5. n. Good luck. | |
Fortune favors the brave. | |
6. n. One's wealth; the amount of money one has; especially, if it is vast. | |
He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East. | |
My vast fortune was a result of inheritance and stock market nous. | |
Her fortune is estimated at 3 million dollars. | |
7. n. A large amount of money. | |
That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it? | |
8. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To happen, take place. | |
9. v. To provide with a fortune. | |
10. v. To presage; to tell the fortune of. | |