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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | Latin fortuna |
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for‧tune S3 W3
1 a very large amount of money :
money
[countable]2 chance or luck, and the effect that it has on your life : Sickness or ill fortune could reduce you to a needy situation. I felt it was useless to struggle against fortune.
chance
[uncountable]Sickness or ill fortune could reduce you to a needy situation.I felt it was useless to struggle against fortune.3 the good or bad things that happen in life : a downturn in the company's fortunes This defeat marked a change in the team's fortunes. The geographical position of the frontier fluctuated with the fortunes of war (=the things that can happen during a war).
what happens to you
[countable usually plural]a downturn in the company's fortunesThis defeat marked a change in the team's fortunes.The geographical position of the frontier fluctuated with the fortunes of war (=the things that can happen during a war).4 to tell someone what will happen to them in the future by looking at their hands, using cards etc
tell somebody's fortune
RO ➔ soldier of fortune
