fortunae

Noun

fortune (countable and uncountable, plural fortunes)

1. Destiny, especially favorable.
   • She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.

   Synonyms:

   doom, fate, chance, destin, destiny, fatality, foredoom, foreordination, kismet, lot

2. A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
3. A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
4. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
   • 'Tis more by fortune, lady, than by merit.c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry...

   Synonyms:

   hap, luck, adventure, accident, casualty, chance, chance-medley, hazard, joss, serendipity

5. Good luck.
   • fame and fortune

   Synonyms:

   fortuity, felicity, fortuitousness, good cess, good fortune, good luck, happiness, luck

   Antonyms:

   doom, fate, misfortune

6. One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
   • He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East.

   Synonyms:

   riches, abundance, affluence, cheese, ease, substance, Mammon, opulence, plenty, richdom

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