fortune

1. n. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life. Source: opted

2. n. That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune. Source: opted

3. n. That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as reached partly by chance and partly by effort. Source: opted

4. n. Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune. Source: opted

5. n. To make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to. Source: opted

6. n. To provide with a fortune. Source: opted

7. n. To presage; to tell the fortune of. Source: opted

8. v. i. To fall out; to happen. Source: opted

9. n. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another Source: wordnet

10. n. a large amount of wealth or prosperity Source: wordnet

11. n. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome Source: wordnet

12. n. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) Source: wordnet

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