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

[ Syn: fate ]

the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman); we are helpless in the face of destiny

[ Syn: fate ]

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

[ Syn: fortune , fate , luck , lot , circumstances , portion ]