Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To provide (someone) with a fortune.
(transitive)To tell the fortune of (someone); to presage.
(intransitive, obsolete)To happen, to take place.
Examples
449 sentencesTom will probably make a fortune.
Том, мабуть, заробить цілий статок. — deniko
He left his daughter a great fortune.
Він залишив своїй доньці гарний спадок. — ChickenKiev
ruОн оставил своей дочери огромное состояние. — Lenin_1917
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
My mistake cost me my fortune.
ruМоя ошибка стоила мне состояния. — entoursis
deMein Fehler kostete mich mein Vermögen. — Ullalia
I came into a huge fortune.
ruЯ получил огромное наследство. — sharptoothed
deIch habe ein beträchtliches Vermögen geerbt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English fortune, from Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). TFrom 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
fortunes, fortuning, fortuned, fortunedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
7 patterns- made a fortune
- a large fortune
- fortune teller
- large fortune
- a fortune teller
- a fortune in
- good fortune
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.