fortune

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
  2. noun a large amount of wealth or prosperity
  3. noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome

Etymology

From Middle English fortune, from Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). The plural form fortunae meant “possessions”, which also gave fortune the meaning of “riches”.

In classic literature

Synonyms

luck, chance, hazard

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