fortune

for|tune [ `fɔrtʃən ] noun **

1. ) count usually singular a very large amount of money:

Jordan had inherited a considerable personal fortune from his uncle.

make/amass a fortune: He had made a fortune from mining.

make your fortune (=become very rich): Henry Ford made his fortune with the Model T.

a ) singular INFORMAL a lot of money:

cost a fortune: Apartments in this area cost a fortune.

spend/pay a fortune: They must have spent a fortune on flowers alone.

b ) uncount money and success:

the first step toward fame and fortune

young people who come to the city to seek their fortune

c ) a small fortune INFORMAL a lot of money:

We paid a small fortune for this vacation.

2. ) uncount luck, especially good luck:

It was his good fortune to take over the company at exactly the right time.

a change of fortune: His friends were delighted with his change of fortune.

have the good fortune to do something: I had the good fortune to meet Mike through mutual friends.

3. ) fortunes plural the things that happen to someone or something and the changing degree to which they are successful:

a career that illustrates the changing fortunes of the Democratic Party

The new board will work to restore the company's fortunes.

fortune smiles on someone/something

used for saying that someone or something is lucky and successful

tell someone's fortune

to say what will happen to someone in the future using what are claimed to be magic powers

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