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Another word for kismet

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Noun

  1. That which is inevitably destined

      1. The act of predestining or the condition of being predestined.
      2. The doctrine that God has foreordained all things, especially that God has elected certain souls to eternal salvation.
      3. The divine decree foreordaining all souls to either salvation or damnation.
      1. A section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole.
      2. A part separated from a whole.
      3. A helping of food.
      1. A large extent, amount, or number:
      2. Used adverbially to mean “to a great degree or extent” or “frequently”:
      3. A number of associated people or things:
      1. The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck:
      2. The turns of luck in the course of one's life.
      3. Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck:
      1. The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events:
      2. The inevitable events predestined by this force:
      3. A final result or consequence; an outcome:
      1. The inevitable or necessary fate to which a particular person or thing is destined; one's lot.
      2. A predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control:
      3. The power or agency thought to predetermine events:
    See also:

    certain

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Another word for kismet

Noun
      1. The inevitable or necessary fate to which a particular person or thing is destined; one's lot.
      2. A predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control:
      3. The power or agency thought to predetermine events:
      1. The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events:
      2. The inevitable events predestined by this force:
      3. A final result or consequence; an outcome:
      1. The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck:
      2. The turns of luck in the course of one's life.
      3. Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck:
      1. The totality of a person's actions and conduct during successive incarnations, regarded as causally influencing his or her destiny.
      2. The law or principle through which such influence is believed to operate.
      3. Fate or destiny resulting from one's previous actions:
    See also:

    doom

    destiny

    chance

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