NOUN | event | fate, destiny | an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen / happen in the future |
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person | fate, destiny | the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman) | |
state | fate, fortune, destiny, luck, lot, circumstances, portion | your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens / happens to you) | |
VERB | communication | fate, destine, doom, designate | decree or designate beforehand |
Sounds | fey't | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen / happen in the future. | |
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Synonym | destiny | |
Narrower | doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world | An unpleasant or disastrous destiny |
inevitable | An unavoidable event | |
karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | |
kismet, kismat | (Islam) the will of Allah | |
predestination | previous determination as if by destiny or fate | |
Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
Spanish | azar, destino, hado, sino | |
Catalan | destí, fat, planeta | |
Verbs | fate | decree or designate beforehand |
Meaning | The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman). | |
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Synonym | destiny | |
Part of | supernatural, occult | supernatural forces and events and beings collectively |
Broader | causal agent, cause, causal agency | Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results |
Spanish | destino, hado, sino | |
Catalan | destí, fat, planeta | |
Verbs | fate | decree or designate beforehand |
Meaning | Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens / happens to you). | |
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Example | "deserved a better fate" | |
Synonyms | fortune, destiny, luck, lot, circumstances, portion | |
Narrower | failure | lack of success |
good fortune, luckiness, good luck | An auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes | |
misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck | An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes | |
providence | A manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures / creatures | |
Broader | condition | A mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing |
Spanish | circunstancias, destino, fortuna, sino, suerte, ventura | |
Catalan | circumstàncies, destí, fat, fortuna, sort, ventura |
Meaning | Decree or designate beforehand. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Synonyms | destine, doom, designate | |
Broader | ordain | issue an order |
Spanish | designar, destinar, estar destinado, predecir, tener un destino | |
Catalan | designar | |
Nouns | fate | an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen / happen in the future |
fate | the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman) |
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