fortune

Definition of fortune in English English dictionary: Destiny or fate; To happen, take place
Then the heerdmen, fleed and went there ways into the cite, and tolde everythinge, and what had fortuned unto them that were possessed of the devyls.; Lots of riches; Good luck; A chance; {n} chance, luck, portion, riches, estate; {v} to fall out, befal, happen, portion; {i} family name; Robert Fortune (1813-1880), British botanist and traveller who introduced to Europe many flowers and trees he brought back from his travels to India and Formosa and Japan; That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as reached partly by chance and partly by effort; The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life; To make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to; print a random, hopefully interesting adage; That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune; To fall out; to happen; {i} luck, chance; good luck, success; wealth, riches; great wealth; fate; an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"; If you talk about someone's fortunes or the fortunes of something, you are talking about the extent to which they are doing well or being successful. The electoral fortunes of the Liberal Democratic party may decline The company had to do something to reverse its sliding fortunes; an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"; To provide with a fortune; emphasis You can refer to a large sum of money as a fortune or a small fortune to emphasize how large it is. We had to eat out all the time. It ended up costing a fortune He made a small fortune in the London property boom; your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"; a large amount of wealth or prosperity; Available either through the Miscellaneous menu, and as you log off, you will be given a a verse from the Bible Some people like to try and learn these verses, others find them nice to think about Whatever you feel, they're there for you to read; To presage; to tell the fortune of; Fortune or good fortune is good luck. Ill fortune is bad luck. Government ministers are starting to wonder how long their good fortune can last; Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune; Someone who has a fortune has a very large amount of money. He made his fortune in car sales Having spent his rich wife's fortune, the Major ended up in a debtors' prison; a large amount of wealth or prosperity your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion; When someone tells your fortune, they tell you what they think will happen to you in the future, which they say is shown, for example, by the lines on your hand
Fortune 500: Collectively, the members of that list
Bennett didn't appear on CNBC, or kibitz with Maria Bartiromo, or speak at Fortune 500 conferences, or get himself profiled in the Wall Street Journal.
Fortune 500: The list published annually by Fortune magazine, numbering five hundred, of the highest-revenue United States companies
Myra Rutledge, heiress to a Fortune 500 candy company, looked around her state-of-the-art kitchen, at the pots bubbling on the stove, at the table set for two.
Fortune 500: Any one member of that list
I shrink a little at the idea of Portia breaking another glass ceiling on her way to what can only be president or CEO of a Fortune 500.
fortune cookie: A type of hollow snack, common in westernized Chinese food, containing a message on a narrow strip of paper
fortune cookie: A quote-of-the-day feature (especially on *nix systems.)
fortune cookies: plural form of fortune cookie
fortune favors the bold: Luck is usually on the side of those who take chances and risks
fortune favors the brave: Alternative form of fortune favors the bold
fortune favours the bold: Alternative form of fortune favors the bold
fortune favours the brave: Alternative form of fortune favors the bold
fortune tellers: plural form of fortune teller
fortune telling: The act of predicting a person's future
fortune telling: Predicting a person's future
fortune-telling: The prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature
fortune cookie: A cookie made from a thin layer of dough folded and baked around a slip of paper bearing a prediction of fortune or a maxim
Fortune 500: the 500 largest companies in the US, which are named in a yearly list in Fortune magazine
Fortune Magazine: American magazine focusing on financial and economic issues
Fortune listing: {i} list of the 500 largest industrial companies in the United States
fortune cookie: A fortune cookie is a sweet, crisp cake which contains a piece of paper which is supposed to say what will happen to you in the future. Fortune cookies are often served in Chinese restaurants. A cookie made from a thin layer of dough folded and baked around a slip of paper bearing a prediction of fortune or a maxim. a biscuit served in Chinese restaurants, containing a piece of paper that says what is supposed to happen to you in the future
fortune cookie: thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper
fortune cookies: Chinese pastries that contain a small prophecy inside for the eater
fortune hunter: a person who seeks wealth through marriage
fortune hunter: A person who seeks wealth, especially through marriage
fortune hunter: person who seeks to gain wealth (generally by marrying someone who is rich)
fortune teller: a person who foretells your personal future
fortune teller: soothsayer, person who predicts the future
fortune telling: foretelling the future, predicting the future
fortune-: luck: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
fortune-: print a random, hopefully interesting adage
fortune-: a large amount of wealth or prosperity
fortune-: Available either through the Miscellaneous menu, and as you log off, you will be given a a verse from the Bible Some people like to try and learn these verses, others find them nice to think about Whatever you feel, they're there for you to read
fortune-: luck: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"
fortune-: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
fortune-teller: A fortune-teller is a person who tells you what they think will happen to you in the future, after looking at something such as the lines on your hand. someone who uses cards or looks at people's hands in order to tell them what is supposed to happen to them in the future telling
Wheel of Fortune: The wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune: A television game show where word puzzles are solved by filling in the letters, like hangman, with a category clue
Wheel of Fortune: A wheel of fortune; a big six wheel
give hostage to fortune: To take an action or make a statement that is risky because it could cause you trouble later
I hope the other report will be completed at a very early date, but to put a timescale on it would be to give hostage to fortune and I am not prepared to do that.
soldier of fortune: Hence, a person willing to work for or ally himself with any person or institution who will take him on
soldier of fortune: A non-commissioned soldier willing to serve any state or person who will hire him; a mercenary
soldiers of fortune: plural form of soldier of fortune
wheel of Fortune: (Can we clean up() this sense?) A Tarot card
wheel of Fortune: (Can we clean up() this sense?) A concept in medieval and ancient philosophy referring to the capricious nature of Fate. The wheel belongs to the goddess Fortuna, who spins it at random, changing the positions of those on the wheel - some suffer great misfortune, others gain windfalls
wheel of fortune: A big six wheel
ill fortune: Bad luck
Robert Fortune: {i} (1813-1880) British botanist and traveller who introduced to Europe many flowers and trees he brought back from his travels to India and Formosa and Japan
Seven Gods of Fortune: {i} (Japan) seven deities of good luck, eclectic group of deities in Japan believed to bring good luck and happiness to people (Ebisu, Daikokuten, Bishamonten, Benzaiten, Fukurokuju, Jurojin and Hotei)
Wheel of Fortune: television game show program
be a ball of fortune: be a victim of circumstance, be subject to chance
become the sport of fortune: become a victim of fate or circumstance
fortunes: plural of fortune
fortunes: {i} future events, fate, destiny, things which happen to a person
good fortune: an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes
made a fortune: raked in the big bucks, made a lot of money
make a fortune: make a great deal of money
my face is my fortune: I have nothing else except my good looks
push one's fortune: advance in life, succeed, make progress
reversal of fortune: change of luck, change for the worse
seek his fortune: look for his luck, search for fortune
small fortune: a large sum of money; "he made a small fortune in the commodities market
small fortune: considerable sum of money, a lot of money
soldier of fortune: One who will serve in any army or undertake risky tasks for personal gain or love of adventure. soldiers of fortune someone who works as a soldier for anyone who will pay them = mercenary
soldier of fortune: a person hired to fight for another country than their own
soldier of fortune: mercenary, soldier who fights for a financial reward
tell one's fortune: predict the future
the Wheel of Fortune: {i} game show on television that demands skill and luck
try his fortune: check to see what his fate will be
try one's fortune: try one's luck, test one's chances
wheel of fortune: A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or sums to which certain marks on its circumference point when it stops being distributed according to varying rules
worth a fortune: very valuable, can't be measured by gold or money, priceless, one of a kind, cannot be exchanged

Turkish - English

Definition of fortune in Turkish English dictionary
telve falı telling someone's fortune: by looking at the shapes formed by the grounds remaining in a person's coffee cup

fortune

Hyphenation

for·tune

Turkish pronunciation

fôrçun

Synonyms

affluence, capital, estate, gold mine, inheritance, opulence, portion, property, prosperity, resources, riches, substance, treasure, worth, accident

Antonyms

misfortune, hardship, poverty

Pronunciation

/ˈfôrʧo͞on/ /ˈfɔːrʧuːn/

Etymology

[ for-ch&n ] (noun.) 14th century. From Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). The plural form fortunae meant (“possessions”), which also gave fortune the meaning of (“riches”).