Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Schicksal, Glück

    судьба́sudʹbá, до́ляdólja, у́частьúčastʹ

    до́ляdólja

  2. (countable, uncountable)A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.

    Glück

    возмо́жностьvozmóžnostʹ, шансšans

  5. (countable, uncountable)Good luck.

    fame and fortune

    Fortune favors the brave.

    Glück

    уда́чаudáča, форту́наfortúna, везе́ниеvezénije

    уда́чаudáča, ща́стяščástja, форту́наfortúna

  6. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Vermögen

    бога́тствоbogátstvo, состоя́ниеsostojánije

    бага́тствоbahátstvo, замо́жністьzamóžnistʹ

    a large amount of wealth or prosperity

  7. (countable, uncountable)A large amount of money.

    That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?

    Vermögen

Examples

449 sentences
  1. Tom will probably make a fortune.

    Том, мабуть, заробить цілий статок. — deniko

  2. He left his daughter a great fortune.

    Він залишив своїй доньці гарний спадок. — ChickenKiev

    ruОн оставил своей дочери огромное состояние. — Lenin_1917

  3. Tom gambled away a fortune in one night.

    Том програв ціле багатство за одну ніч. — ChickenKiev

    ruТом проиграл целое состояние за один вечер. — marafon

    deTom hat in einer Nacht ein Vermögen verspielt. — Malkuth

  4. My mistake cost me my fortune.

    ruМоя ошибка стоила мне состояния. — entoursis

    deMein Fehler kostete mich mein Vermögen. — Ullalia

  5. I came into a huge fortune.

    ruЯ получил огромное наследство. — sharptoothed

    deIch habe ein beträchtliches Vermögen geerbt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
destiny:
good luck:
lots of riches:
Русский
By meaning 4
destiny:
a chance:
good luck:
lots of riches:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
destiny:
lots of riches:

Origin

From Middle English fortune, from Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). T

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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Forms

plural: fortunes
Singularfortune
Pluralfortunes

regular

Synonyms

47 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you):destinyfatelucklotcircumstancesportion
  • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another:luckchancehazard
  • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome:luck

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

21 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • made a fortune
  • a large fortune
  • fortune teller
  • large fortune
  • a fortune teller
  • a fortune in
  • good fortune

See also

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