English language

How to pronounce fortune in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms luck
Type of phenomenon
Has types good luck, fluke, good fortune


it was as if fortune guided his hand.
Type Words
Synonyms circumstances, destiny, fate, lot, luck, portion
Type of condition
Has types ill luck, failure, good fortune, good luck, bad luck, luckiness, misfortune, providence, tough luck


whatever my fortune may be.
Type Words
Synonyms chance, hazard, luck
Type of phenomenon
Has types tossup, even chance, mischance, mishap, toss-up, bad luck
Type Words
Type of hoarded wealth, treasure

Examples of fortune

fortune
That was my fortune, and somebody else will have a totally different experience.
From the washingtontimes.com
Your partner Mark Cuban seems to have a real desire for fame as well as fortune.
From the forbes.com
Despite Hong Kong's good fortune so far, it may need to eat faster, or be eaten.
From the online.wsj.com
Ride the wave of good fortune through Saturday night and then hop off the board.
From the sfgate.com
Fortune says her son watches other big news events too, mostly shuttle launches.
From the cnn.com
Brothers share an oil fortune originally created by their uncle, Sid Richardson.
From the forbes.com
If fortune favors him, he could sell chunks of development-ready land to others.
From the suntimes.com
Pyjama parties are clearly a hostage to fortune, as Gordon Brown has discovered.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Take a close look at who is going to make a financial fortune when this happens.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Luck: 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"
  • A large amount of wealth or prosperity
  • Luck: 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"
  • 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 is an 80s AOR band that had a number of minor hits in the early 80's including "Airwaves" from the "The Last American Virgin" movie soundtrack and from their second 1985 album release including: "Dearborn Station," and "Thrill of it All."
  • Fortune is a global business magazine published by Time Inc.'s Fortune|Money Group. Founded by Henry Luce in 1930, the publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner. ...
  • The following is a list of recurring fictional characters that appeared throughout the Metal Gear series in more than one canonical installment. ...
  • "Fortune" is the seventh single release from J-pop artist Nami Tamaki and was released on January 26, 2005 as a limited edition, and a regular edition. It claimed the 6th spot on the Oricon chart. Fortune was also used as a theme for the PlayStation 2 game Radiata Stories.
  • Fourtune is a villainous professional wrestling alliance in the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It currently consists of leader Ric Flair, TNA Television Champion A.J. Styles, Douglas Williams, James Storm, Kazarian, Matt Morgan and Robert Roode. ...