fate

noun

• 1the development of events beyond a person’s control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power:fate decided his course for him his injury is a cruel twist of fate
• the course of someone’s life, or the outcome of a particular situation for someone or something, seen as beyond their control:he suffered the same fate as his companion
• [in singular] the inescapable death of a person:the guards led her to her fate

• 2 (the Fates) Greek & Roman Mythology the three goddesses who preside over the birth and life of humans. Each person’s destiny was thought of as a thread spun, measured, and cut by the three Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. Also called the Moirai and the Parcae.
• (Fates)another term for Norns.

verb

• be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way: [with infinitive]:the regime was fated to end badly