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Meaning of fortune

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  fortune
      n 1: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an
           event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck
           caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure
           chance" [syn: {luck}, {fortune}, {chance}, {hazard}]
      2: a large amount of wealth or prosperity
      3: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a
         favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they
         say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"
         [syn: {luck}, {fortune}]
      4: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including
         everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may
         be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck
         of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was
         her portion" [syn: {fortune}, {destiny}, {fate}, {luck},
         {lot}, {circumstances}, {portion}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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