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Noun(1) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another(2) a large amount of wealth or prosperity(3) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome(4) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you(5) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)(6) wealth(7) possessions(8) fate(9) lot in life

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(1) The president himself made a small fortune selling his failed oil company to business friends of his father.(2) Like I didn't spend a fortune having the Times sent to me every day.(3) Maguire missed four of the last Cheltenham Festivals due to ill fortune .(4) I spent a fortune on drink and drugs(5) Despite humble origins, her father amassed a small fortune buying, cultivating and reselling land.(6) But it still amounts to a substantial fortune for him not to have a share of.(7) But, thankfully, we've now got room to lock away the teak garden furniture that we spent a fortune buying at the start of the summer.(8) For example, it cost a small fortune just for the extension cords.(9) he inherited a substantial fortune(10) And just as the serpent had promised, good fortune smiled upon the woodcutter and his wife.(11) Even though these items cost a fortune , they're bought because their owners don't want to be looked down on.(12) Like all Kias, the Sorento will not cost you a fortune to buy or to run.(13) Every misfortune, like any piece of good fortune , involves two questions: The first is how it happened, and the second is why.(14) Notwithstanding those difficulties the biggest problem facing any publisher is chance and fickle fortune .(15) he eventually inherited a substantial fortune(16) Items such as modern hi-tech lamps can cost a fortune to buy but you haven't begun to count the real cost until you work out what you pay to travel with them.
Related Words
(1) fortune cookie
(2) good fortune
(3) soldier of fortune
(4) make a fortune
(5) fortune-teller
(6) fortune cookies
(7) fortune-telling
(8) wheel of fortune
Synonyms
Noun
1. chance
2. luck
4. wealth
5. a huge amount
6. fate
7. hazard


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

Yeah, and he sold his company
for a fortune and retired.

Yeah, and he sold his company for a FORTUNE and retired.

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 12


Isn't it nice when your good fortune
makes others miserable?

Isn't it nice when your good FORTUNE makes others miserable?

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 16


I wish you good fortune
in the wars to come, Your Grace.

I wish you good FORTUNE in the wars to come, Your Grace.

Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 5


I just wanted to congratulate you both
and wish you good fortune.

I just wanted to congratulate you both and wish you good FORTUNE.

Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 2


I wish you good fortune in the wars to come.

I wish you good FORTUNE in the wars to come.

Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 1


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