fortune
gb/fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/ us/fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
B1
इंग्रजी
~ 2800
अर्थ
० अर्थ
नाम
B1
entity
1
A very large sum of money
A very large amount of money or valuable things.
वापर नमुना:
to make [a] fortune
सामान्य चूक:
Learners sometimes confuse 'fortune' with 'opportunity' due to the phrase 'good fortune'. In this sense, it refers only to wealth.
समानार्थी शब्द
wealth (More general term for abundance of valuable resources, not necessarily money alone.)
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riches (Often more literary or dramatic in tone than 'fortune'.)
विरुद्धार्थी शब्द
poverty (The state of having little or no money or resources.)
सहप्रयोग
make a fortune
|spend a fortune
|inherit a fortune
|cost a fortune
विषय
business
|wealth
|daily life
|finance
|core_vocabulary
उदाहरणे
- She made a fortune by investing in real estate.
- The necklace must be worth a fortune.
- He inherited a fortune from his grandmother.
- They spent a fortune on their wedding.
शिकणाऱ्यांसाठी उदाहरणे
- He made a fortune in business.
- This car costs a fortune.
- She got a fortune from her uncle.
- They spent a fortune on the house.
नाम
B2
entity
2
Luck or chance in events
Luck or chance that decides what happens to someone.
सामान्य चूक:
Learners may confuse this meaning with 'wealth'; here, it refers to chance, not money.
समानार्थी शब्द
luck (More casual and common term for chance events.)
विरुद्धार्थी शब्द
misfortune (Bad luck; chance events with negative outcomes.)
सहप्रयोग
good fortune
|bad fortune
|by fortune
विषय
daily life
|emotions
|core_vocabulary
उदाहरणे
- By good fortune, we arrived just before it started raining.
- They met by sheer fortune.
- Fortune smiled on them during their travels.
शिकणाऱ्यांसाठी उदाहरणे
- By good fortune, we found the lost dog.
- He had the fortune to meet her.
- Fortune was with us today.
नाम
B2
entity
3
A person's future or destiny
What will happen to someone in the future.
समानार्थी शब्द
fate (Implies inevitability and predetermination more strongly than 'fortune'.)
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destiny (Often has a more poetic or grand connotation than 'fortune'.)
विरुद्धार्थी शब्द
free will (The ability to choose one's actions regardless of destiny.)
सहप्रयोग
tell someone's fortune
|seek your fortune
विषय
daily life
|philosophy
|core_vocabulary
उदाहरणे
- He went to the city to seek his fortune.
- The old woman claimed she could tell your fortune.
- Her fortune changed after she got the new job.
शिकणाऱ्यांसाठी उदाहरणे
- She can tell your fortune.
- He left home to find his fortune.
- His fortune changed after the trip.
व्याकरण
शब्दकोशातील रूप
fortune
IPA
GB/fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
US/fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
अक्षरविभाग आणि जोर
for - tune (२ अक्षरखंड)
Stress on 1st syllable (for)
शब्दरूपे
Noun
- Base: fortune
- Plural: fortune, fortunes
संबंधित शब्द
Forms
fortunes
noun
Core family
fortunate
adjective B1
fortunately
adverb B1
Negative and opposite forms
वाक्प्रचार
cost a fortune
1/kˈɔst ə fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
fixed phrase
Be very expensive
To be very expensive and need a lot of money.
उदाहरणे
- That designer dress must have cost a fortune.
- It cost us a fortune to repair the car.
fortune smiles on [someone]
1/fˈɔɹt͡ʃun smˈaɪlz ˈɔn sˈʌmwˌʌn/
idiom
literary
Receive good luck unexpectedly
To have good luck happen to you without planning it.
उदाहरणे
- Fortune smiled on him when he found the missing keys.
- Fortune smiled on the team as they won without effort.
make a fortune
1/mˈeɪk ə fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
fixed phrase
Earn a lot of money
To get a lot of money, usually quickly or easily.
उदाहरणे
- She made a fortune selling handmade jewelry online.
- He hopes to make a fortune in the stock market.
seek your fortune
1/sˈik jˈʊɹ fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
fixed phrase
Try to get rich or successful
To go somewhere new to try to become rich or successful.
उदाहरणे
- Many young people went west to seek their fortunes.
- He left his hometown to seek his fortune in the big city.
tell someone's fortune
1/tˈɛl sˈʌmwˌʌnz fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
fixed phrase
Predict someone's future events
To say what will happen to someone in the future, often using special cards or other methods.
उदाहरणे
- She told my fortune using tarot cards.
- They visited a woman who could tell their fortunes.