fortune UK /ˈfɔːtjuːn/US /ˈfoɹt͡ʃən/noun 7verb 3forms 4 noun7 •The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.'Tis more by fortune, lady, than by merit. — 1607 •an amount of money large enough to make someone richThat car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it? •One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East.My vast fortune was a result of inheritance and stock market nous. •Good luck.Fortune favors the brave. •Destiny, especially favorable.She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money. •A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller. •A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie. verb3 •To tell the fortune of (someone); to presage. •To provide (someone) with a fortune. •(no longer used) To happen, to take place.Thẽ the heerdmẽ⸝ fleed and went there ways into the cite⸝ and tolde every thinge⸝ and what had fortuned vnto them that were possessed of the devyls. — 1526 formsfortuned · fortuning · fortunes · fortunae