Used in a Sentence

fortunes

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fortunes.

Editorial note

That asset is substantially dependent on the business and market fortunes of your employer; therefore, any further exposure to those fortunes represents additional excess concentration.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Good luck.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fortunes gathered in one view.

noun

Good luck.

noun

One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.

noun

A large amount of money.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fortunes.

noun

Good luck.

noun

One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.

noun

A large amount of money.

noun

Destiny, especially favorable.

Example sentences

1

That asset is substantially dependent on the business and market fortunes of your employer; therefore, any further exposure to those fortunes represents additional excess concentration.

2

All the big markets and big fortunes go up and down with the slightest hint of bank health.

3

I have no problem with those who want to make their fortunes in any way possible, so they can retire to Galt's Gultch with their fortunes.

4

So his own fortunes are becoming less and less tied to those of Amazon, except in terms of ego/reputation.

5

Back in the day most had real-world job experience, some already had fortunes of their own.

6

He made two fortunes from nothing, one per Asian boom, then retired and travelled the world with his wife for a decade.

7

We suspected it was a turn of fortunes with the investor - some negative stock stuff had happened in their area (oil).

8

The possibility that a critical part of their infrastructure is dependent on the fortunes of a group of maybe 50 people being successful.

9

It's a silly thing--I don't believe in fate or fortunes--but sometimes silly things can be made to work for us.

10

What's the fun in sitting on your ass rating/gambling on others' fortunes?

11

How many VC's would lose fortunes over Uber going nearly to 0?

12

If I work my entire life to build my fortunes, why should the government get a large percentage before my family?

Quote examples

1

Meanwhile, the "fortunes" test is intended to exercise a more diverse spectrum of framework functionality including database connectivity, the ORM, dynamic-sized collections, in-memory sorting, server-side templates, and XSS countermeasures.

2

"We crunched the data from our most recent Forbes 400 and discovered that more than 94% of the tech billionaires created their fortunes themselves." 40% of those tech billionaires came from a lower class background.

3

Quote from TFA: there's a huge percentage of the population that are actually dead - they don't know it, but, in terms of their processes, they're just waiting to be buried" The people who think this don't realize or appreciate that they make their fortunes from the "dead".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fortunes in a sentence?

That asset is substantially dependent on the business and market fortunes of your employer; therefore, any further exposure to those fortunes represents additional excess concentration.

What does fortunes mean?

Good luck.

What part of speech is fortunes?

fortunes is commonly used as noun.