fortune
gb/fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/ us/fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
B1
ఆంగ్లం
~ 2800
అర్థాలు
0 అర్థాలు
నామవాచకం
B1
entity
1
A very large sum of money
A very large amount of money or valuable things.
వాడుక నమూనా:
to make [a] fortune
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners sometimes confuse 'fortune' with 'opportunity' due to the phrase 'good fortune'. In this sense, it refers only to wealth.
పర్యాయపదాలు
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'.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
poverty (The state of having little or no money or resources.)
పదకలయికలు
make a fortune
|spend a fortune
|inherit a fortune
|cost a fortune
విషయాలు
business
|wealth
|daily life
|finance
|core_vocabulary
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
నామవాచకం
B2
entity
2
Luck or chance in events
Luck or chance that decides what happens to someone.
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners may confuse this meaning with 'wealth'; here, it refers to chance, not money.
పర్యాయపదాలు
luck (More casual and common term for chance events.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
misfortune (Bad luck; chance events with negative outcomes.)
పదకలయికలు
good fortune
|bad fortune
|by fortune
విషయాలు
daily life
|emotions
|core_vocabulary
ఉదాహరణలు
- By good fortune, we arrived just before it started raining.
- They met by sheer fortune.
- Fortune smiled on them during their travels.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- By good fortune, we found the lost dog.
- He had the fortune to meet her.
- Fortune was with us today.
నామవాచకం
B2
entity
3
A person's future or destiny
What will happen to someone in the future.
పర్యాయపదాలు
fate (Implies inevitability and predetermination more strongly than 'fortune'.)
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destiny (Often has a more poetic or grand connotation than 'fortune'.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
free will (The ability to choose one's actions regardless of destiny.)
పదకలయికలు
tell someone's fortune
|seek your fortune
విషయాలు
daily life
|philosophy
|core_vocabulary
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- She can tell your fortune.
- He left home to find his fortune.
- His fortune changed after the trip.
వ్యాకరణం
నిఘంటు రూపం
fortune
IPA
GB/fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
US/fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
అక్షరఖండాలు & ఒత్తు
for - tune (2 అక్షరఖండాలు)
Stress on 1st syllable (for)
పద రూపాలు
Noun
- Base: fortune
- Plural: fortune, fortunes
సంబంధిత పదాలు
Forms
fortunes
noun
Core family
fortunate
adjective B1
fortunately
adverb B1
Negative and opposite forms
పదప్రయోగాలు
cost a fortune
1/kˈɔst ə fˈɔɹt͡ʃun/
fixed phrase
Be very expensive
To be very expensive and need a lot of money.
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
ఉదాహరణలు
- She told my fortune using tarot cards.
- They visited a woman who could tell their fortunes.