a considerable fortune

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• fortune — [ fɔrtyn ] n. f. • XIIe; lat. fortuna « bonne ou mauvaise fortune » I ♦ 1 ♦ Vx ou littér. Puissance qui est censée distribuer le bonheur et le malheur sans règle apparente. ⇒ hasard, sort. Les caprices de la fortune. Être favorisé par la fortune …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• fortuné — fortune [ fɔrtyn ] n. f. • XIIe; lat. fortuna « bonne ou mauvaise fortune » I ♦ 1 ♦ Vx ou littér. Puissance qui est censée distribuer le bonheur et le malheur sans règle apparente. ⇒ hasard, sort. Les caprices de la fortune. Être favorisé par la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• fortune — noun 1 luck ADJECTIVE ▪ good ▪ bad, ill … OF FORTUNE ▪ piece, stroke ▪ By a stroke of good fortune, S …   Collocations dictionary

• Fortune-telling — is the practice of predicting the future, usually of an individual, through mystical or supernatural means and often for commercial gain. It often conflates with the religious practice known as divination.European and Euro American fortune… …   Wikipedia

• Fortune Records — was an independent record label located in Detroit, Michigan from 1946 to 1995. Original releases tapered off after about 1966 and ceased completely after the early 1980s. Fortune specialized in R B, blues, soul and doo wop music, although the… …   Wikipedia

• Fortune Theatre — es el nombre de dos teatros, uno histórico de la época isabelina, y otro actual en Londres. Contenido 1 El local del siglo XVII 2 El local del siglo XX 3 Notas 4 …   Wikipedia Español

• considérable — (kon si dé ra bl ) adj. 1°   Qui a de la considération, du crédit, de l autorité, de la puissance. •   Déclaration que je sais bien ne pouvoir servir à me rendre considérable dans le monde, DESC. Méth. 6. •   Si jusques à ce point son sort [de… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

• fortune — for|tune [ fɔrtʃən ] noun ** 1. ) count usually singular a very large amount of money: Jordan had inherited a considerable personal fortune from his uncle. make/amass a fortune: He had made a fortune from mining. make your fortune (=become very… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• fortune */*/ — UK [ˈfɔː(r)tʃən] / US [ˈfɔrtʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms fortune : singular fortune plural fortunes 1) [countable, usually singular] a very large amount of money Jordan had inherited a considerable personal fortune from his uncle. make/amass a fortune …   English dictionary

• Fortune Playhouse — The Fortune Playhouse is the name of an historic theatre in London. It was located between Whitecross Street and the modern Golden Lane, just outside the City of London. It was founded about 1600, and suppressed by the Puritan Parliament in… …   Wikipedia

• considerable — adj. Considerable is used with these nouns: ↑accomplishment, ↑accuracy, ↑achievement, ↑acumen, ↑advance, ↑advantage, ↑agility, ↑alarm, ↑amount, ↑antiquity, ↑anxiety, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary