| NOUN | event | destiny, fate | an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen / happen in the future |
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| person | destiny, fate | the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman) | |
| state | destiny, fortune, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion | your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens / happens to you) |
| Sounds | deh'stahniy | |
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| Rhymes | abalone ... Zuni: 221 rhymes with niy... | |
| Meaning | An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen / happen in the future. | |
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| Synonym | fate | |
| 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 | |
| Meaning | The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman). | |
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| Example | "we are helpless in the face of destiny" | |
| Synonym | fate | |
| 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 | |
| Meaning | Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens / happens to you). | |
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| Synonyms | fortune, fate, 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 | |
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