Also spelled fortun and fortun’s
noun
verb
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Meanings
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1
noun
A very large amount of money.
That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?
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2
noun
Good luck or success.
He had the good fortune to find a job right after graduating.
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3
noun
What is supposed to happen to someone in the future; fate or destiny.
She paid a woman at the fair to tell her fortune.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Word family
Forms
fortunes
Derived forms
befortunefortunatefortune-hunterfortune-seekerfortune-tellfortune-tellerfortune-tellingfortunelessfortunizeill-fortunemegafortuneunfortunate
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”.
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