{
    "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."
}