Noun
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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"
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the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
"we are helpless in the face of destiny"
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an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
Verb
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decree or designate beforehand
"She was destined to become a great pianist"