fate
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(verb) decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" |
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Synonyms: designate, destine, doom |
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Related Words: ordain |
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(noun) an event (or course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future |
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Synonyms: destiny |
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Related Words: day of reckoning, doom, doomsday, happening, inevitable, karma, kismat, kismet, natural event, occurrence |
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(noun) the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny" |
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Synonyms: Destiny |
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Related Words: causal agency, causal agent, cause |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fortune, lot, luck, portion |
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Related Words: bad luck, condition, failure, good fortune, good luck, ill luck, misfortune, providence, status |
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