A HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE

Meaning of A HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE in English

an act or remark seen as unwise because it invites trouble.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

A HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE — something that you have, or have promised to do, that could cause trouble or worry in the future
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — also: ostage (-aje) n hostage
Interlingua English vocab
HOSTAGE — ostage, garantiario
English interlingue dictionary
HOSTAGE — bihag na panagot;bihag
English-Visayan vocabulary
HOSTAGE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from hoste Date: 13th century 1. a person held by one party in a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOSTAGE — I. ˈhästij, -tēj sometimes ˈhȯs- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ostage, hostage, from Old French, from oste, hoste …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORTUNE — I. ˈfȯr]chən, ˈfȯ(ə)], ](ˌ)chün\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin fortuna, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — (n.) A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations …
Английский словарь Webster
HOSTAGE — ( n. ) A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — — hostageship , n. /hos"tij/ , n. , v. , hostaged, hostaging . n. 1. a person given or held …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FORTUNE — — fortuneless , adj. /fawr"cheuhn/ , n. , v. , fortuned, fortuning . n. 1. position in life as determined …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — n. captive, pawn, someone held prisoner by a person or group in order to force another person or group to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FORTUNE — I. ˈfȯr-chən noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fortuna; akin to Latin fort-, fors chance, luck, and perhaps …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOSTAGE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from hoste Date: 13th century 1. a. : a person held by one party …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOSTAGE — noun a person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations …
Webster English vocab
FORTUNE — noun to provide with a fortune. 2. fortune ·vi to fall out; to happen. 3. fortune ·noun to make fortunate; …
Webster English vocab
HOSTAGE — ■ noun a person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition. Phrases a ~ to fortune …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOSTAGE — [hos.tage] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. hoste] (13c) 1 a: a person held by one party in a conflict as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FORTUNE — [for.tune] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L fortuna; akin to L fort-, fors chance, luck, and perh. to ferre to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOSTAGE — hostag|e BrE AmE ˈhɒst ɪdʒ AmE \ ˈhɑːst- ▷ hostag|es ɪz əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FORTUNE — fortune BrE AmE ˈfɔːtʃ ə n -uːn; ˈfɔːt juːn AmE \ ˈfɔːrtʃ ə n ▷ fortune|s z ▶ ˈ fortune …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — / ˈhɒstɪdʒ; NAmE ˈhɑːs-/ noun a person who is captured and held prisoner by a person or group, and who …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORTUNE — / ˈfɔːtʃuːn; NAmE ˈfɔːrtʃ-/ noun 1. [ U ] chance or luck, especially in the way it affects people's lives …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — hos ‧ tage /ˈhɒstɪdʒ $ ˈhɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: hoste …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FORTUNE — for ‧ tune S3 W3 /ˈfɔːtʃ ə n $ ˈfɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ fortune …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOSTAGE — n. 1 a person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition. 2 a pledge or security. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FORTUNE — n. 1 a chance or luck as a force in human affairs. b a person's destiny. 2 (Fortune) this force …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOSTAGE — n. 1 a person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition. 2 a pledge or security. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FORTUNE — n. 1 a chance or luck as a force in human affairs. b a person's destiny. 2 (Fortune) this force …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — n.1 a person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition. 2 a pledge or security. Phrases …
Oxford English vocab
FORTUNE — n.1 a chance or luck as a force in human affairs. b a person's destiny. 2 (Fortune) this force personified, …
Oxford English vocab
HOSTAGE — ( hostages) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A hostage is someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORTUNE — ( fortunes) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. You can refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hold sb prisoner/hostage/captive ▪ A senior army officer was held hostage for four months. COLLOCATIONS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FORTUNE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES amassed...fortune ▪ He amassed a fortune after the war. cost a fortune/cost the earth (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOSTAGE — [noun] [C] - someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people …
Cambridge English vocab
FORTUNE — (CHANCE) [noun] [U] - the set of esp. good events which happen to you and have an effect on your …
Cambridge English vocab
FORTUNE — Synonyms and related words : Clio, Friday, Friday the thirteenth, Muse of history, accidentality, actuarial calculation, adventitiousness, adventures, affluence, annals, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOSTAGE — noun VERB + HOSTAGE ▪ hold (sb) , keep (sb) ▪ Eight people were held ~ for four months. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FORTUNE — noun 1 luck ADJECTIVE ▪ good ▪ bad , ill … OF FORTUNE ▪ piece , stroke ▪ By a stroke …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HOSTAGE — See ↑ KEEP 10, ↑ PRISON 7 ◆◆◆ • ↑ hold sb prisoner/captive/hostage • ↑ take sb hostage
Longman Activator English vocab
FORTUNE — • ↑ a fortune • ↑ be lucky enough to do sth/have the good fortune to do sth • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
FORTUNE — n. 25B6; noun fortune favoured him : CHANCE, accident, coincidence, serendipity, destiny, fortuity, providence; N. Amer. happenstance. a change of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FORTUNE — noun BAD : It was a good fortune that the driver was able to stop in time. GOOD : It …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOSTAGE — сущ. 1) заложник to hold smb. (as a) hostage ≈ держать кого-л. заложником to seize smb. hostage, take smb. hostage …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FORTUNE — 1. сущ. 1) некая высшая сила, управляющая судьбами людей, влияющая на течение жизни; осмысляется в двух ипостасях : сила, несущая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOSTAGE — hostage.ogg 1. ʹhɒstıdʒ n 1. заложник he was held (as) hostage - его держали в качестве заложника to exchange hostages …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FORTUNE — fortune.ogg 1. ʹfɔ:tʃ(ə)n n 1. счастье; удача; счастливый случай bad /ill/ fortune - несчастье, неудача by good fortune - по …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOSTAGE — hostage сущ.1) заложник to hold smb. (as a) hostage — держать кого-л. заложником to seize smb. hostage, take smb. hostage …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FORTUNE — 1. [ʹfɔ:tʃ(ə)n] n 1. счастье; удача; счастливый случай bad /ill/ ~ - несчастье, неудача by good ~ - по счастливой …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HOSTAGE — 1. ʹhɒstıdʒ n 1. заложник he was held (as) hostage - его держали в качестве заложника to exchange hostages - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FORTUNE — 1. ʹfɔ:tʃ(ə)n n 1. счастье; удача; счастливый случай bad /ill/ fortune - несчастье, неудача by good fortune - по счастливой …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HOSTAGE — сущ. 1) заложник to hold smb. (as a) hostage — держать кого-л. заложником to seize smb. hostage, take smb. hostage …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FORTUNE — 1. сущ. 1) некая высшая сила, управляющая судьбами людей, влияющая на течение жизни; осмысляется в двух ипостасях: сила, несущая добро, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HOSTAGE — сущ. 1) заложник to hold smb. (as a) hostage — держать кого-л. заложником to seize smb. hostage, take smb. hostage — захватывать кого-л. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FORTUNE — 1. сущ. 1) некая высшая сила, управляющая судьбами людей, влияющая на течение жизни; осмысляется в двух ипостасях: сила, несущая добро, - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FORTUNE — 1. _n. 1> удача; счастье; счастливый случай; bad/ill fortune - несчастье, неудача; by good fortune - по счастливой случайности; to …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FORTUNE — 1. n. 1. удача; счастье; счастливый случай; bad/ill fortune - несчастье, неудача; by good fortune - по счастливой случайности; to …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FORTUNE — сущ. 1) удача 2) счастливый случай 3) счастье 4) судьба, фортуна 5) богатство, состояние - come into fortune - lose a fortune - make a fortune
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
FORTUNE — 1. _n. 1> удача; счастье; счастливый случай; bad (или ill) fortune несчастье, неудача; by good fortune по счастливой случайности; to …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
FORTUNE — "Форчун" Ведущий экономико-политический журнал, выходящий два раза в месяц. Основан в 1930 Г. Р. Люсом [Luce, Henry Robinson], владельцем издательского треста …
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Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOSTAGE — сущ. 1) заложник to hold smb. (as a) hostage ≈ держать кого-л. заложником to seize smb. hostage, take smb. hostage …
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