FORTUNE

(CHANCE) [noun] [U] - the set of esp. good events which happen to you and have an effect on your lifeHe had the (good) fortune to be chosen to play Hamlet.If you read/tell someone's fortune, you discover what will happen to them in the future, for example by looking at the lines on their hands or using a special set of cards.If Fortune smiles on you then everything goes well for you.A fortune cookie is a biscuit containing a message, usually about your future, eaten esp. after a Chinese meal.A fortune teller is a person who tells you what they think will happen to you in the future.