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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
for•tune /ˈfɔrtʃən/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. wealth;
    riches:[countable]inherited a fortune.
  2. chance;
    luck:[uncountable]They had the bad fortune to go bankrupt.
  3. fortunes, [plural] varied occurrences of a person's life:a reversal of fortunes.
  4. [countable] fate;
    destiny;
    future.
See -fortun-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
for•tune  (fôr′chən),USA pronunciation n., v., -tuned, -tun•ing. 
n. 
  1. position in life as determined by wealth:to make one's fortune.
  2. wealth or riches:to lose a small fortune in bad investments.
  3. great wealth;
    ample stock of money, property, and the like:to be worth a fortune.
  4. chance;
    luck:They each had the bad fortune to marry the wrong person.
  5. fortunes. things that happen or are to happen to a person in his or her life.
  6. fate;
    lot;
    destiny:whatever my fortune may be.
  7. Mythology(cap.) chance personified, commonly regarded as a mythical being distributing arbitrarily or capriciously the lots of life:Perhaps Fortune will smile on our venture.
  8. good luck;
    success;
    prosperity:a family blessed by fortune.
  9. [Archaic.]a wealthy woman;
    an heiress.
  10. Idioms tell someone's fortune, to profess to inform someone of future events in his or her own life;
    foretell.

v.t. 
  1. [Archaic.]to endow (someone or something) with a fortune.

v.i. 
  1. [Archaic.]to chance or happen;
    come by chance.
  • Latin fortūna chance, luck, fortune, derivative of fort- (stem of fors) chance
  • Old French
  • Middle English 1250–1300
for′tune•less, adj. 
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fate, destiny, providence; kismet, karma.
    • 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Moira; Lady Luck.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fortune / ˈfɔːtʃən/
  1. an amount of wealth or material prosperity, esp, when unqualified; a great amount
  2. small fortune ⇒ a large sum of money
  3. a power or force, often personalized, regarded as being responsible for human affairs; chance
  4. luck, esp when favourable
  5. (often plural) a person's lot or destiny
  1. (intransitive) to happen by chance
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French, from Latin fortūna, from fors chance
'good fortune' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Genroku - Godspeed - accidental - amulet - be - beginner's luck - begrudge - birthstone - blessed - blow - blue - charmed - congratulation - cop - felicity - feng shui - fortuity - fortunate - grand - grudge - happily - happiness - ill - knowledge - luck - luck out - lucky - mazel tov - overjoy - owe - prosperity - prosperous - purple patch - self-congratulation - serendipity - sonsy - star - unlucky - up - way - welfare - well - windfall

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