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 ]