What is the meaning of fate?

noun

  • An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future.
  • The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman. )
    • usage: "we are helpless in the face of destiny"
  • Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you. )
    • usage: "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"

verb

  • Decree or designate beforehand.
    • usage: "She was destined to become a great pianist"
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