The meaning of Fate

noun

A possibility of something happening.

Usage examples:

There is a chance of winning the raffle

adjective

Fortuitous; accidental.

Usage examples:

A chance meeting

verb

Do something by accident or without intending to.

Usage examples:

He was very effusive if they chanced to meet

noun

The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future.

Usage examples:

She was unable to control her own destiny

noun

The particular state of a person or thing in the future, considered as resulting from earlier events

Usage examples:

[ c ] we all want to determine our own destinies.

noun

A chance occurrence.

Usage examples:

Through one of those fortuities that illumine the paths of even the dull-witted, i stumbled upon he…

noun

The fact of something good happening by chance, rather than being planned, or an example of this

Usage examples:

The victim's chances of getting compensation often depend more on fortuity than on any law., they w…

noun

Chance or luck as an arbitrary force affecting human affairs.

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Some malicious act of fortune keeps them separate

noun

A very large amount of money or property

Usage examples:

They made a fortune in real estate., this dress cost a (small) fortune (= a lot of money)., [ u ] h…

noun

An extremely large amount of money

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Pay/spend a fortune the company needs to spend a fortune to bring all of its stores up to scratch.,…

noun

Destiny; fate.

Usage examples:

What chance did i stand against kismet?

noun

A force that some people think controls what happens in the future, and is outside human control

Usage examples:

It must have been kismet. a few months after accepting the commission, she learned she would be hav…

noun

Success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions.

Usage examples:

It was just luck that the first kick went in

noun

The force that causes things, especially good things, to happen to you by chance and not as a result of your own efforts or abilities

Usage examples:

It was just luck that i asked for a job at the right time., then i met this gorgeous woman and i co…

noun

The inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall.

Usage examples:

Injury, consistently his nemesis, struck him down during the match

proper noun

A goddess usually portrayed as the agent of divine punishment for wrongdoing or presumption (hubris).

noun

Someone's nemesis is a person or thing that is very difficult for them to defeat.

Usage examples:

The tax increases proved to be the president's political nemesis.

noun

(in christian theology) the doctrine that god has ordained all that will happen, especially with regard to the salvation of some and not others. it has been particularly associated with the teachings of st augustine of hippo and of calvin.

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As we study today's text, it's tempting to invest the majority of our time dealing with the theolog…

noun

The belief that events in life are decided in advance by god or by fate and cannot be changed

noun

The fact that something has been decided or arranged before it happens

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A predetermination of guilt denies the rights of defendants who are entitled to their day in court.…

noun

The protective care of god or of nature as a spiritual power.

Usage examples:

They found their trust in divine providence to be a source of comfort

proper noun

The state capital of rhode island, a port on the atlantic coast; population 171,557 (est. 2008). it was founded in 1636 as a haven for religious dissenters.

noun

The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

Usage examples:

A fortunate stroke of serendipity

noun

The fact of finding interesting or valuable things by chance