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fortune


 
  Grep  of  noun  fortune 
  fortune 
  fortune  cookie 
  fortune  hunter 
  fortune  teller 
  fortune  telling 
  fortunella 
  fortunella  japonica 
  fortunella  margarita 
  fortuneteller 
  good  fortune 
  misfortune 
  small  fortune 
  soldier  of  fortune 
 
  Overview  of  noun  fortune 
 
  The  noun  fortune  has  4  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  luck,  fortune,  chance,  hazard  --  (an  unknown  and  unpredictable  phenomenon  that  causes  an  event  to  result  one  way  rather  than  another;  "bad  luck  caused  his  downfall";  "we  ran  into  each  other  by  pure  chance") 
  2.  (3)  fortune  --  (a  large  amount  of  wealth  or  prosperity) 
  3.  (2)  luck,  fortune  --  (an  unknown  and  unpredictable  phenomenon  that  leads  to  a  favorable  outcome;  "it  was  my  good  luck  to  be  there";  "they  say  luck  is  a  lady";  "it  was  as  if  fortune  guided  his  hand") 
  4.  (1)  fortune,  destiny,  fate,  luck,  lot  circumstances,  portion  --  (your  overall  circumstances  or  condition  in  life  (including  everything  that  happens  to  you):  "whatever  my  fortune  may  be";  "deserved  a  better  fate";  "has  a  happy  lot";  "the  luck  of  the  Irish";  "a  victim  of  circumstances";  "success  that  was  her  portion") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  fortune 
 
  The  noun  fortune  has  4  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  luck,  fortune,  chance,  hazard  --  (an  unknown  and  unpredictable  phenomenon  that  causes  an  event  to  result  one  way  rather  than  another;  "bad  luck  caused  his  downfall";  "we  ran  into  each  other  by  pure  chance") 
  2.  (3)  fortune  --  (a  large  amount  of  wealth  or  prosperity) 
  3.  (2)  luck,  fortune  --  (an  unknown  and  unpredictable  phenomenon  that  leads  to  a  favorable  outcome;  "it  was  my  good  luck  to  be  there";  "they  say  luck  is  a  lady";  "it  was  as  if  fortune  guided  his  hand") 
  4.  (1)  fortune,  destiny,  fate,  luck,  lot  circumstances,  portion  --  (your  overall  circumstances  or  condition  in  life  (including  everything  that  happens  to  you):  "whatever  my  fortune  may  be";  "deserved  a  better  fate";  "has  a  happy  lot";  "the  luck  of  the  Irish";  "a  victim  of  circumstances";  "success  that  was  her  portion") 



fortune definition