fate
Pronunciation:
/feɪt/noun
Definitions
The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
Example: Accept your fate.
verb
Definitions
To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
Example: The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.