Collocations for "fortune"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "fortune" in context.
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fortune
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- her fortunes have turned
- it has been my good fortune to [know, meet]
- had the fortune of [knowing, going, having, being]
- will bring you good fortune
- was in for a change of fortunes
- was a reversal of fortunes
- Fortune is smiling on us
- have your fortune [told, read]
- can tell your fortune by looking at your [palm, tea leaves]
- see what fortune you got (from the cookie)
- what does your fortune say?
- what fortune did you get?
- the [family, team, population] is blessed by fortune
- suffered from [ill, poor, bad] fortune
- had the bad fortune to [go bankrupt, get sick]
- idiom: fortune favors the brave
- made a fortune from [selling, producing, exporting]
- made his fortune in [gold, oil, the automotive industry]
- amassed a fortune [in, from selling] [antiques, art, property]
- lost his entire fortune
- lost a small fortune in [bad investments, the stock market]
- inherited her [father's] fortune
- fortune and [power, fame]
- that must have cost (you) a fortune!
- paid a (small) fortune for
- a [huge, vast, unthinkable] fortune
- Fortune 500 companies
- eat fortune cookies
- go to a fortune teller
- practices fortune telling
'fortune' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
achieve
- add
- beckon
- blessed
- born
- businessman
- claim
- come
- comfort
- cost
- damper
- deceased
- deceitful
- desire
- divine
- dose
- dreamer
- ebb
- envy
- eternity
- exhaust
- fame
- favor
- fickle
- fur
- future
- gain
- good
- grudge
- guilty
- heap
- heating
- heir
- hunter
- inherited
- kill
- kind
- ladder
- leap
- longing
- lust
- make
- medium
- million
- mistress
- movie
- omen
- outlay
- pay
- picture