fortune

  • (noun): Destiny, especially favorable.
  • (noun): A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
  • (noun): A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
  • (noun): The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
  • (noun): Good luck.
  • (noun): One's wealth; the amount of money one has; especially, if it is vast.
  • (noun): A large amount of money.
  • (verb): To happen, take place.
  • (verb): To provide with a fortune.
  • (verb): To presage; to tell the fortune of.
  • She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.
  • Fortune favors the brave.
  • He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East.
  • That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?