fate, n.
(fates)
freq. cnt. 15
(fates)
freq. cnt. 15
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 6
destiny fate
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derivationally related form
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the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
destiny fate
sample sentences
"we are helpless in the face of destiny"
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derivationally related form
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
circumstances destiny fate fortune lot luck portion
sample sentences
"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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