fate
noun /feɪt/Definition
B2 [C usually singular] what happens to a particular person or thing, especially something final or negative, such as death or defeat: We want to decide our own fate. His fate is now in the hands of the jury. The disciples were terrified that they would suffer/meet the same fate as Jesus.Inevitable B2 [U] a power that some people believe causes and controls all events, so that you cannot change or control the way things will happen: When we met again by chance in Cairo, I felt it must be fate. Fate has brought us together.Fate and destiny
(Definition of fate noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- fatalism noun
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