Fortune

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English-Latin

fortune, n.

  1. 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.
  2. That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny.
  3. Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches.