Definition: an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: fate, doom, designate, destine
Definition: decree or designate beforehand
Usage: She was destined to become a great pianist