fortune

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈfɔːtʃuːn/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈfɔrtʃən/ or /ˈfɔrtʃun/

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Noun

Singular fortune

Plural fortunes

1. A fortune is a very large amount of money.

   A million dollars is a fortune.

   He made a fortune selling cars.

2. Fortune is chance or luck.
   • Antonym: misfortune

   When we were lost, we had the good fortune to meet a postman.

3. Fortune is a person's future.

   Jack went off into the world to seek his fortune.

4. Fortune is often written about as if it was a person.

   Fortune smiled at me, and I won the lottery.

Related words

• fortunate
• fortunately
• unfortunate
• misfortune
• soldier of fortune