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fate

/feɪt/
noun
  1. The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

  2. The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.

  3. An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.

Synonymsdestiny, doom, fortune, kismet, lot, necessity
Antonymschance, choice, free will, freedom
verb
  1. To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.

    "The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur."

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