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US
/ˈfɔɹtʃən, ˈfɔɹtʃun/
]
[ UK /fˈɔːtʃuːn/ ]
[ UK /fˈɔːtʃuːn/ ]
NOUN
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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 -
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
it was as if fortune guided his hand
they say luck is a lady
it was my good luck to be there - a large amount of wealth or prosperity
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your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
has a happy lot
success that was her portion
deserved a better fate
the luck of the Irish
whatever my fortune may be
a victim of circumstances
How To Use fortune In A Sentence
- She's suffered a good deal of misfortune over the years.
- Oliver made a fortune by investing in antique furniture.
- It is also her misfortune to have been saddled with an unappetisingly needy role. Times, Sunday Times
- And when the Monkeewrench crew - computer geeks who made a fortune on games, now assisting the cops with special anticrime soft-ware - are invited by the FBI to investigate a series of murder videos posted to the Web, it's not long before the group discovers the frightening link between the unlucky bride and the latest, most horrific use of the Internet yet. Shoot to Thrill by P. J. Tracy: Book summary
- If you don't invest in these shares, you're saying no to a fortune.
- You might well feel a tad suspicious of this literary agent's good fortune. Times, Sunday Times
- Manage the P & L for the Consulting portion of a portfolio of Fortune 500 clients News - chicagotribune.com
- Make a fortune and have fun Come to the pachinko parlor!
- The dangers for girls were especially acute: “It is estimated that two-thirds of the girls who appear before the Court charged with immorality owe their misfortune to influences derived directly from the movies, either from the pictures themselves or in the ‘picking up’ of male acquaintances at the theatre!” A Renegade History of the United States
- The announcement hushed the crowd but soon the hubbub returned and the misfortune was forgotten.
