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for·tune
I. \ˈfȯr]chən, ˈfȯ(ə)], ](ˌ)chün\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin fortuna, derivative from the root of fort-, fors chance, luck; akin to Latin ferre to carry — more at bear
1. : a hypothetical force or power that unpredictably or capriciously determines events and issues favorably or unfavorably for persons or causes
< more by fortune, lady, than by merit — Shakespeare >
— often personified as a mythical being and then usually cap.
< turn, Fortune, and help thy devoted servant >
2. obsolete : something that befalls one : accident, mishap
3.
a. : good luck : favorable issue : success : prosperity attained partly through luck
< fortune attended the general's campaign >
b. : a turn or course of good or bad luck falling to one either by pure chance or incidentally in the course of some undertaking
< it was my good fortune to be present — A.N.Whitehead >
c. fortunes plural : the turns and courses of luck accompanying the progress of an individual (as through life or toward ultimate success)
< following the fortunes of a typical rags-to-riches hero in the comics >
< his fortunes varied but he never gave up his main objective >
4. : what is to befall one : destiny, fate
< read his fortune in his palm >
< it may be my fortune to succeed or fail but I will not hesitate to try >
5.
a. : condition in life as determined by material possessions : large possessions : riches, wealth
< a man of fortune >
b. : a store of material possessions or wealth owned (as by an individual or a family)
< was left a fortune by his uncle >
— often used in plural
< the family fortunes had declined greatly since his grandfather's day >
6. archaic : a woman of wealth and substance : heiress
7. : one of the benevolent planets (Jupiter, Venus) in a favorable aspect
Synonyms: see chance
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English fortunen, from Middle French fortuner, from Latin fortunare, to make prosperous
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to give or ascribe either good or bad fortune to : ordain the fortune of
2. archaic : to provide with a fortune especially as a dower
intransitive verb
archaic : to fall out : happen, chance |