Tra từ fortune - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

for·tune [fortune fortunes] BrE [ˈfɔːtʃuːn] NAmE [ˈfɔːrtʃən] noun
1. uncountable chance or luck, especially in the way it affects people's lives
• I have had the good fortune to work with some brilliant directors.
•By a stroke of fortune he found work almost immediately.
•Fortune smiled on me (= I had good luck).
2. countable a large amount of money
• He made a fortune in real estate.
• She inherited a share of the family fortune.
•A car like that costs a small fortune.
•You don't have to spend a fortune to give your family tasty, healthy meals.
•She is hoping her US debut will be the first step on the road to fame and fortune.
•That ring must be worth a fortune.
3. countable, usually plural, uncountable the good and bad things that happen to a person, family, country, etc
•the changing fortunes of the film industry
•the fortunes of war
•a reversal of fortune(s)
4. countable a person's ↑fate or future
•She can tell your fortune by looking at the lines on your hand.
see a hostage to fortune at ↑hostage, seek your fortune at ↑seek
see also ↑soldier of fortune

Word Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin Fortuna, the name of a goddess personifying luck or chance.

Thesaurus:
fortune noun
1. U
•She had the good fortune to work with a top designer.
luck • • chance • • fate •
good/bad/ill fortune/luck
have the …fortune/luck to do sth
a stroke of fortune/luck/fate
2. C, usually sing.
•She inherited the family fortune.
money • • wealth • • prosperity • |literary riches •
(a) personal/family fortune/money/wealth/prosperity
have/possess/accumulate/acquire/inherit (a) fortune/money/wealth/riches
make a fortune/money (on/out of sth)

Example Bank:
•A horseshoe nailed to your door is supposed to bring good fortune.
•All we can do is hope for a change in fortune.
•As good fortune would have it, a bus came along just when I needed it.
•By a stroke of good fortune, Steven was still in his office.
•For once, fortune was on our side: the weather improved in time for the game.
•Fortune smiled on me that day.
•He built his fortune from breeding horses.
•He has amassed a considerable fortune out of trading shares.
•He lost his fortune in the crash of 1929.
•He was sole heir to the family fortune.
•Her aunt died and left her a fortune.
•I had the good fortune to work with people I liked.
•Rebuilding the house must have cost a small fortune.
•She made a fortune in the property boom.
•She spends a fortune on clothes!
•She squandered the family fortune.
•Some of those old toys are worth a fortune now.
•The company suffered a great reversal of fortunes when public taste changed.
•The party still hopes to revive its flagging electoral fortunes.
•They sold their house at the right time and made a fortune on it.
•They went to America in search of fame and fortune.
•They went to have their fortunes read.
•They went to seek their fortune abroad.
•They went to seek their fortune in the city.
•a year of mixed fortunes for the company
•as the country's fortunes rose and fell
•fans who follow the fortunes of their chosen team
•A car like that costs a small fortune.
•By a stroke of fortune he found work almost immediately.
•She is hoping her US debut will be the first step on the road to fame and fortune.
•That ring must be worth a fortune.
•The fortune teller said she could tell my fortune by looking at the lines on my hand.
•The share price tends to follow the changing fortunes of the film industry.
•The team had a dramatic reversal of fortune in the second half.
•You don't have to spend a fortune to give your family tasty, healthy meals.