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# fortune

«fortune» in Mova's school dictionary: **A very large amount of money: «That car cost a fortune»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a fortune, fortunes; fortune — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A very large amount of money: «That car cost a fortune». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortune/#m1)

2) Luck, good or bad, especially luck that affects your life: «good fortune». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortune/#m2)

3) What will happen to a person in the future: «tell someone's fortune». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortune/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories heroes «seek their fortune» (go out into the world to become rich and happy). «A fortune teller» says she can see the future — in real life nobody can. Phrases: «cost a fortune», «make a fortune», «good fortune», «by good fortune», «fortune cookie».

### examples

- The pirates hoped to find a fortune in gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortune/#x1)
- That new phone must have cost a fortune! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortune/#x2)
- By good fortune, it stopped raining just before the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortune/#x3)
- Jack left home to seek his fortune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortune/#x4)
- The fortune teller said I would travel far. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortune/#x5)
- My fortune cookie said, "Kindness brings joy." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortune/#x6)
- She made a fortune selling her inventions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortune/#x7)
- It is most extraordinary good fortune." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortune/#x8)

### note

«Fortune» meaning luck is uncountable. «A fortune» means lots of money (often exaggerated: «cost a fortune» = very expensive). Adjective: fortunate (lucky); unfortunate (unlucky). Fortune telling is not science; it cannot really predict the future.

### In the corpora

- [In China bats have long been a sign of good luck, because the word for bat sounds like the word for good fortune.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/153-are-bats-blind/17/)
- [Long ago they came from far away and were worth a fortune.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices/7/)
- ["Lady Luck" means chance or fortune, spoken of as if she were a person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/22/)
- [Fortune tellers and horoscopes use general statements that fit almost anyone; there is no evidence they predict the future.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/14/)
- [People lose a lot of money every year to fortune tellers and other tricks that use guesses that fit almost anyone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/31/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fortune» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fortune/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.