fate

fate
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. destiny, lot, fortune, doom, predestination, chance. See necessity.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The predetermined course of events]
Syn. destiny, fortune, destination, luck, predetermination, predestination; see also destiny 1 .
2. [A personal destiny]
Syn. lot, fortune, portion, doom, destiny, destined lot, end, future, prospect, outcome; see also doom 1 .
Syn.- fate refers to the inevitability of a course of events as supposedly predetermined by a god or other agency beyond human control; destiny also refers to an inevitable succession of events as determined supernaturally or by necessity, but often implies a favorable outcome [ it was her destiny to become famous ] ; portion and lot refer to what is supposedly distributed in the determining of fate, but portion implies an equitable apportionment and lot implies a random assignment; doom always connotes an unfavorable or disastrous fate
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
destiny, providence, fortune, kismet, lot, future, *wheel of fortune, end, predetermination, *the stars, luck, *lady luck, doom, God's will, karma, *handwriting on the wall. ''What must be shall be.''—Seneca. ''The gunman that all gunmen dread.''— Don Marquis.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. That which is inevitably destined: destiny, fortune, kismet, lot, portion, predestination. See CERTAIN. 2. A predestined tragic end: doom. See CERTAIN, LIVE, LUCK, START. II verb 1. To determine the future of in advance: destine, foreordain, predestinate, predestine, predetermine, preordain. See CERTAIN. 2. To predestine to a tragic end: doom, foredoom. See CERTAIN, LIVE, LUCK, START.

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