written in the stars
Definition
› If you believe that something is written in the stars, you believe that it will be made to happen by a force that controls the future: It was written in the stars that they would meet and fall in love.Fate and destiny
(Definition of written in the stars from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- Damocles noun
- destined adjective (FUTURE)
- destiny noun
- fatalism noun
- fate noun
- fated adjective
- ill-fated adjective
- ill-starred adjective
- in the lap of the gods idiom
- lightning never strikes twice idiom
- lot noun (LIFE)
- luckless adjective
- predestination noun
- predestined adjective
- preordain verb
- providence noun
- providential adjective
- sword of Damocles idiom
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