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fortune

('f/O/r/tS//@/n )

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another(noun.phenomenon)

Synonym:
chance, hazard, luck

source: wordnet30
a large amount of wealth or prosperity(noun.possession)

source: wordnet30
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome(noun.phenomenon)

Example:
It was as if fortune guided his hand.

Synonym:
luck

source: wordnet30
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)(noun.state)

Example:
Whatever my fortune may be.

Synonym:
circumstances, destiny, fate, lot, luck, portion

source: wordnet30
The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life.(noun)

source: webster1913

To make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to.(verb)

source: webster1913
To fall out; to happen.(verb)

source: webster1913

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