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Definition of fortune
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a : a very large sum of money
spent a fortune redecorating
c : a store of material possessions
the family fortune
2a : prosperity attained partly through luck : success fortune attended the general's campaign
b : luck sense 1
c fortunes plural : the turns and courses of luck accompanying one's progress (as through life)
her fortunes varied but she never gave up
4 often capitalized : a hypothetical force or personified power that unpredictably determines events and issues favorably or unfavorably
a country favored by fortune
fortune
verbfortuned; fortuning
Definition of fortune (Entry 2 of 2)
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