Definition: an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
Similar words: natural event, occurrence, occurrent, happening
Definition: an event that happens
Definition: the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
Usage: we are helpless in the face of destiny
Similar words: causal agency, causal agent, cause
Definition: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
Synonyms: lot, luck, destiny, fate, fortune, portion, circumstances
Definition: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
Usage: 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
Similar words: condition
Definition: a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
Usage: the human condition