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Meaning of fate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  fate
      n 1: an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably
           happen in the future [syn: {destiny}, {fate}]
      2: the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of
         events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in
         the face of destiny" [syn: {destiny}, {fate}]
      3: 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" [syn: {fortune}, {destiny}, {fate}, {luck},
         {lot}, {circumstances}, {portion}]
      v 1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become
           a great pianist" [syn: {destine}, {fate}, {doom},
           {designate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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