Fate

Pronunciation: fāt

n.	1.	A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned. Necessity and chance Approach not me; and what I will is fate. - Milton. Beyond and above the Olympian gods lay the silent, brooding, everlasting fate of which victim and tyrant were alike the instruments. - Froude.
	2.	Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death. The great, th'important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome. - Addison. Our wills and fates do so contrary run That our devices still are overthrown. - Shak. The whizzing arrow sings, And bears thy fate, Antinous, on its wings. - Pope.
	3.	The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or the fates were, against him. A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. - Pope. Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams. - B. Taylor.
	4.	(Myth.) The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcæwho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread.

Noun	1.	fate - an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future Synonyms: destiny
	2.	Fate - the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny" Synonyms: Destiny
	3.	fate - 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" Synonyms: circumstances, luck, destiny, lot, fortune, portion
Verb	1.	fate - decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" Synonyms: destine, doom, designate

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