noun
1. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) (Freq. 2)
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whatever my fortune may be
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deserved a better fate
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has a happy lot
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the luck of the Irish
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a victim of circumstances
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success that was her portion
• Hypernyms: ↑condition
• Hyponyms:
↑good fortune, ↑luckiness, ↑good luck, ↑providence, ↑misfortune, ↑bad luck, ↑tough luck, ↑ill luck, ↑failure
2. a person's financial situation (good or bad)
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he found himself in straitened circumstances
• Hypernyms: ↑possession
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circumstances
Prosperous (or unprosperous)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.