Fate (band)
WordNet
noun
(1) An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
(2) The ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman)
"We are helpless in the face of Destiny"
(3) 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"
verb
(4) Decree or designate beforehand
"She was destined to become a great pianist"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
- Destiny (perhaps connotes death, ruin, misfortune, etc.).
- Accept your fate.
- The three goddesses (The Fates) of classic European mythology who are said to control the fate of human beings.
Synonyms
Verb
- To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
- The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father, not all his striving could change what would occur.