FATE

• (noun) an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

  synonyms : destiny

• (noun) the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)

  "we are helpless in the face of destiny"

  synonyms : destiny

• (noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

  "whatever my fortune may be", "deserved a better fate", "has a happy lot", "the luck of the Irish", "a victim of circumstances", "success that was her portion"

  synonyms : circumstances , destiny , fortune , lot , luck , portion

• (verb) decree or designate beforehand

  "She was destined to become a great pianist"

  synonyms : designate , destine , doom

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