Another word for destiny
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Noun
That which is inevitably destined
- The act of predestining or the condition of being predestined.
- The doctrine that God has foreordained all things, especially that God has elected certain souls to eternal salvation.
- The divine decree foreordaining all souls to either salvation or damnation.
- A section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole.
- A part separated from a whole.
- A helping of food.
- A large extent, amount, or number:
- Used adverbially to mean “to a great degree or extent” or “frequently”:
- A number of associated people or things:
- Fate; fortune.
- The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck:
- The turns of luck in the course of one's life.
- Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck:
- The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events:
- The inevitable events predestined by this force:
- A final result or consequence; an outcome:
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Another word for destiny
Noun
Fate as a power
- A choice between what is available and nothing; a lack of an alternative.
- The 15th of March in the Ancient Roman calendar, on which day Julius Caesar was assassinated
- the three Fates
- the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth
- (mythology, philosophy) The wheel of Fortune.
- A big six wheel.
- A chance circumstance:
- The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.
- The fact or occurrence of such discoveries.
- An instance of making such a discovery.
- The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck:
- The turns of luck in the course of one's life.
- Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck:
- Care or preparation in advance; foresight.
- Prudent management; economy.
- The care, guardianship, and control exercised by a deity; divine direction:
- The totality of a person's actions and conduct during successive incarnations, regarded as causally influencing his or her destiny.
- The law or principle through which such influence is believed to operate.
- Fate or destiny resulting from one's previous actions:
- The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; fortune:
- Good fortune or prosperity; success:
- One's personal fate or lot:
- The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck:
- The turns of luck in the course of one's life.
- Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck:
- Fate; fortune.
- An authoritative command or order.
- A custom or practice established by long usage.
- A Christian rite, especially the Eucharist.
- The indefinite time yet to come:
- Something that will happen in time to come:
- A prospective or expected condition, especially one considered with regard to growth, advancement, or development:
- A mode or state of being:
- Existing circumstances:
- Social position; rank.
- A death resulting from an accident or disaster:
- One who is killed as a result of such an occurrence:
- The ability to cause death or disaster.
- Inevitability:
- The quality of being established as true:
- Confidence; assurance:
- Inevitable destruction or ruin:
- A decision or judgment, especially an official condemnation to a severe penalty.
- Judgment Day.
- (uncountable) The condition of being inevitable.
- (countable) An inevitable condition or outcome.
- The close or last part; the end or finish:
- The result or outcome of an act or process:
- A judgment or decision reached after deliberation.
- The condition or fact of being final.
- A final, conclusive, or decisive act or utterance.
- An authoritative order having the force of law.
- The judgment of a court of equity.
- The judgment of a court.
- The act of predestining or the condition of being predestined.
- The doctrine that God has foreordained all things, especially that God has elected certain souls to eternal salvation.
- The divine decree foreordaining all souls to either salvation or damnation.
- The act of determining beforehand.
- Something that has been decided in advance.
- The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events:
- The inevitable events predestined by this force:
- A final result or consequence; an outcome:
Fate as a personal future
- Either extremity of something that has length:
- The outside or extreme edge or physical limit; a boundary:
- The point in time when an action, event, or phenomenon ceases or is completed; the conclusion:
- A large extent, amount, or number:
- Used adverbially to mean “to a great degree or extent” or “frequently”:
- A number of associated people or things:
- The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck:
- The turns of luck in the course of one's life.
- Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck:
- The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events:
- The inevitable events predestined by this force:
- A final result or consequence; an outcome:
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