Noun: fortune for-chun or 'for,tyoon
- A large amount of wealth or prosperity
"He inherited a fortune from his grandfather"
- An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favourable outcome
"it was as if fortune guided his hand";
- luck
- An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
"bad fortune caused his downfall";
- luck, chance, hazard
- Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
"whatever my fortune may be";
- destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion, circs [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: fortunes
Type of: condition, hoarded wealth, phenomenon, treasure
Encyclopedia: Fortune, Newfoundland and Labrador