nnoun.eventan event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the futureSynset:destiny
Derivationally Related Form:fate
Hypernyms:happening natural event occurrence occurrent
Inherited Hypernyms:destinyhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:day of reckoningdoomdoomsdayend of the worldinevitablekarmakismatkismetpredestination
Full Hyponyms:doominevitablekarmakismetpredestination
nnoun.personthe ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)Synset:destiny
Examples:- we are helpless in the face of destiny
Derivationally Related Form:fate
Part Holonyms:occult supernatural
Hypernyms:causal agency causal agent cause
Inherited Hypernyms:destinycausal agentphysical entityentity
nnoun.stateyour overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)Synset:circumstances destiny fortune lot luck portion
Examples:- 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
Hypernyms:condition
Inherited Hypernyms:fortuneconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bad luckfailuregood fortunegood luckill luckluckinessmisfortuneprovidencetough luck
Full Hyponyms:adversityafflictionanguishbank failurebankruptcybig timebitter endblessingcatastropheconcentration campcrop failurecrossdead duckdistressextremityfailurefool's paradisegood fortunegutterhard cheesehealthill-beingliving deathmercymiserymisfortunenadirpay dirtpressureprosperityprovidencestrengthsuccesssufferingthroevictimizationweaknesswellbeing
vverb.communicationdecree or designate beforehandSynset:designate destine doom
Examples:- She was destined to become a great pianist
Derivationally Related Form:destinationfate
Hypernyms:ordain
Inherited Hypernyms:destineordaindecreedeclarestateexpress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE