noun
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
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noun
the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
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Examples
- we are helpless in the face of destiny
noun
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
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Examples
- 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
decree or designate beforehand
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Examples
- She was destined to become a great pianist