fortune
/ˈfoɹt͡ʃən/ noun A2- Destiny, especially favorable. · She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.
- 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.
- The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
- Good luck. · fame and fortune· Fortune favors the brave.
- One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast. · He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East.· My vast fortune was a result of inheritance and stock market nous.
- A large amount of money. · That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?
Plural fortunes
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At first glance it might not seem that the decision of a certain Canadian Premier to include Prince Edward Island in a political tour could have much or anything to do with the fortunes of little Anne Shirley at Green Gables.
I’d love to go up in a balloon, Marilla; it would be simply thrilling; and we saw a man selling fortunes.
You paid him ten cents and a little bird picked out your fortune for you.
Miss Barry gave Diana and me ten cents each to have our fortunes told.
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