fortune

Definition

  • noun: a very large amount of money
  • noun: a hypothetical force or personified power that unpredictably determines events and issues favorably or unfavorably
  • verb: to give good or bad fortune to
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: accident, luck, chance

Examples

  • They spent a 'small fortune' [=a surprisingly or unexpectedly large amount of money] on redecorating their house.

  • She said that she could tell my 'fortune'. [=could tell what would happen to me in the future]

  • They had the good 'fortune' to escape injury when their car crashed.

Movie quotes

  • (..) will exist beyond me. "To be, or not to be... that is the question. "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune "or to take arms against a sea of trouble, "And by sleep to say we end the heartache "and the thousand natural (..)
    2016 TvShow: 12 Monkeys Title: Lullaby Season: 2 Episode 8