Collocations for fortune - noun

good
bad, ill

piece, stroke
By a stroke of good fortune, Steven was still in his office.

have
bring (sb)
A horseshoe nailed to your door is supposed to bring good fortune.

be on sb's side, favour/favor sb, smile on sb
For once, fortune was on our side: the weather improved in time for the game.
Fortune smiled on me that day (= I had good fortune).

as good fortune would have it
As good fortune would have it, a bus came along just when I needed it.

a change in fortune, a change of fortune
All we can do is hope for a change in fortune.

have the good fortune to do sth
I had the good fortune to work with people I liked.

declining, flagging
changing, fluctuating, mixed
a year of mixed fortunes for the company

economic, electoral, political

boost, improve, revive
The party still hopes to revive its flagging electoral fortunes.

reverse
follow
fans who follow the fortunes of their chosen team

change, fluctuate (esp. BrE)
A company's fortunes can change overnight.

improve, rise
decline, fall
as the country's fortunes rose and fell

a reversal of fortune, a reversal of fortunes (esp. BrE)
The company suffered a reversal of fortune when public taste changed.

read, tell
They went to have their fortunes read.

teller, telling

considerable, enormous, great, immense, large, substantial (esp. BrE), vast
small (= quite large)
Rebuilding the house must have cost a small fortune.

family, personal

accumulate, acquire, amass, build, build up, earn, make, win
inherit
leave (sb)
Her aunt died and left her a fortune.

lose, squander
He lost his fortune in the crash of 1929.
She squandered the family fortune.

find, seek
They went to seek their fortune in the city.

be worth
Some of those old toys are worth a fortune now.

cost
pay, spend
She spends a fortune on clothes!

hunter (= a person who tries to become rich by marrying sb with a lot of money)

fortune from
He built his fortune from breeding horses.

fortune in
She made a fortune in the property boom.

fortune on
They sold their house at the right time and made a fortune on it.

fortune out
He has amassed a considerable fortune out of trading shares.

fame and fortune
They went to America in search of fame and fortune.

heir to a fortune, heiress to a fortune
He was sole heir to the family fortune.