Fate ¹

Definition: A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned.

Fate ²

Definition: Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death.

Fate ³

Definition: The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or the fates were, against him.

Fate ⁴

Definition: The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread.

fate ⁵

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

Fate ⁶

Definition: the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny"

fate ⁷

Definition: 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"

fate ⁸

Definition: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"