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{
"term": "fortune",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a large amount of money",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He **made a fortune** in real estate."
},
{
"text": "Her father **made his fortune** selling electronics."
},
{
"text": "She inherited a share of the family fortune."
},
{
"text": "A car like that costs **a small fortune** *(= a lot of money)*."
},
{
"text": "You don't have to **spend a fortune** to give your family tasty, healthy meals."
},
{
"text": "She is hoping her US debut will be the first step on the road to **fame and fortune**."
},
{
"text": "He **amassed a fortune** of nearly $2 billion."
},
{
"text": "She devoted a large part of her **personal fortune** to ensuring the company's survival."
},
{
"text": "That ring must be worth a fortune."
},
{
"text": "He built his fortune from breeding horses."
},
{
"text": "He has amassed a considerable fortune out of trading shares."
},
{
"text": "He lost his fortune in the crash of 1929."
},
{
"text": "Her aunt died and left her a fortune."
},
{
"text": "They sold their house at the right time and made a fortune on it."
}
],
"topics": ["Money"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "enormous", "great"],
"verb + fortune": ["accumulate", "acquire", "amass"],
"fortune + noun": ["hunter"],
"preposition": ["fortune from", "fortune in", "fortune on"],
"phrases": [
"fame and fortune",
"heir to a fortune",
"heiress to a fortune"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "chance or luck, especially in the way it affects people’s lives",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I have **had the good fortune to** work with some brilliant directors."
},
{
"text": "**By a stroke of fortune** he found work almost immediately."
},
{
"text": "**Fortune smiled on me** *(= I had good luck)*."
},
{
"text": "A horseshoe nailed to your door is supposed to bring good fortune."
},
{
"text": "As good fortune would have it, a bus came along just when I needed it."
},
{
"text": "For once, fortune was on our side: the weather improved in time for the game."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["good", "bad", "ill"],
"… of fortune": ["piece", "stroke"],
"verb + fortune": ["have", "bring (somebody)"],
"fortune + verb": [
"be on somebody’s side",
"favour/favor somebody",
"smile on somebody"
],
"phrases": [
"as good fortune would have it",
"a change in fortune",
"a change of fortune"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the good and bad things that happen to a person, family, country, etc.",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The share price tends to follow the changing fortunes of the film industry."
},
{
"text": "the fortunes of war"
},
{
"text": "The company suffered a great **reversal of fortune** when public taste changed."
},
{
"text": "The party still hopes to revive its flagging electoral fortunes."
},
{
"text": "The team had a dramatic reversal of fortunes in the second half."
},
{
"text": "a year of mixed fortunes for the company"
},
{
"text": "fans who follow the fortunes of their chosen team"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["declining", "flagging", "changing"],
"verb + fortunes": ["boost", "improve", "revive"],
"fortunes + verb": ["change", "fluctuate", "improve"],
"phrases": ["a reversal of fortune", "a reversal of fortunes"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a person’s fate or future",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She can **tell your fortune** by looking at the lines on your hand."
},
{
"text": "They went to have their fortunes read."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verb + fortune": ["read", "tell"],
"fortune + noun": ["teller", "telling"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "something that you have, or have promised to do, that could cause trouble or worry in the future",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to try to find a way to become rich, especially by going to another place",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Many emigrated to Australia to seek their fortune."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːtʃuːn/",
"audio": "fo/fortune/fortune__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːrtʃən/",
"audio": "fo/fortune/fortune__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin Fortuna, the name of a goddess personifying luck or chance."
}