English dictionary

fortune

/'f/O/r/tS//@/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

noun.phenomenon

Synonyms chance hazard luck

Source: WordNet 3.0
a large amount of wealth or prosperity

noun.possession

Source: WordNet 3.0
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome

noun.phenomenon

Examples
It was as if fortune guided his hand.

Synonyms luck

Source: WordNet 3.0
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

noun.state

Examples
Whatever my fortune may be.

Synonyms circumstances destiny fate lot luck portion

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

noun

Source: webster1913

To make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to.

verb

Source: webster1913
To fall out; to happen.

verb

Source: webster1913