fate

Meanings

• an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
• the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
• your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
  • "deserved a better fate"
• decree or designate beforehand

Synonyms

circumstances, designate, destine, destiny, doom, fortune, lot, luck, portion