fortunes

Definition of fortunes in English English dictionary: plural of fortune; {i} future events, fate, destiny, things which happen to a person
fortune: Destiny or fate
fortune: 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.
fortune: Lots of riches
fortune: Good luck
fortune: A chance
wheel of fortunes: plural form of wheel of fortune
fortune: {n} chance, luck, portion, riches, estate
fortune: {v} to fall out, befal, happen, portion
Family Fortunes: Family Feud, popular television game show that launched in the USA originally hosted by Richard Dawson
Fortune: {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
fortune: 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
fortune: 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
fortune: To make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to
fortune: print a random, hopefully interesting adage
fortune: 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
fortune: To fall out; to happen
fortune: {i} luck, chance; good luck, success; wealth, riches; great wealth; fate
fortune: 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: 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
fortune: 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: To provide with a fortune
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
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: 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: To presage; to tell the fortune of
fortune: 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
fortune: Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune
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
fortune: 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
fortune: 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
tell fortunes: predict the future

fortunes

Turkish pronunciation

fôrçunz

Pronunciation

/ˈfôrʧo͞onz/ /ˈfɔːrʧuːnz/

Etymology

[ 'for-ch&n ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin fortuna; akin to Latin fort-, fors chance, luck, and perhaps to ferre to carry; more at BEAR.