Entry Word: fate

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand <the belief that it was this countryʼs fate to extend from sea to sea>

Synonyms circumstance, destiny, doom, fortune, lot, portion

Related Words accident, chance, hazard, luck; predestination; consequence, effect, issue, outcome, result, upshot

2 a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause <the fate of the presidential election hinged on a few thousand votes in a single state> — see effect 1