| query | You can refer to a large sum of money as a f______ or a small fortune to emphasize how large it is.You can refer to a large sum of money as a fortune or a small fortune to emphasize how large it is. We had to eat out all the time. It ended up costing a fortune. He made a small fortune in the London property boom. |
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| word | fortune |
| full-definition | noun You can refer to a large sum of money as a fortune or a small fortune to emphasize how large it is. We had to eat out all the time. It ended up costing a fortune. He made a small fortune in the London property boom. Someone who has a fortune has a very large amount of money. He made his fortune in car sales. He inherited a multi-million-dollar fortune from his inventor mother. Fortune or good fortune is good luck. Ill fortune is bad luck. Government ministers are starting to wonder how long their good fortune can last. If you talk about someone's fortunes or the fortunes of something, you are talking about the extent to which they are doing well or being successful . The electoral fortunes of the party may decline. She kept up with the fortunes of the Reeves family. The company had to do something to reverse its sliding fortunes. If you talk about the way someone or something is treated by fortune, you are referring to the good or bad luck that they have. He is certainly being smiled on by fortune. |
| inflections | fortunes |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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