fortune

noun
for·tune
/ˈfɔːtjuːn/

Destiny, especially favorable.

Example

“She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.”

Other meanings

A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.

Synonyms

luck

Related words

befortune
bracelets of fortune
fortunate
fortune cookie
fortuneless
fortune stick
fortune-tell
fortune-teller
fortunize
good fortune
hostage to fortune
ill-fortune

Example sentences

“May fortune favor the brave this time.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“He lost his fortune gambling.”
Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Latin "fortuna" (fate, luck).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “fortune” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.