- destiny, fate - an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
--1 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
--1 has particulars:inevitable; karma; kismet, kismat; predestination; doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world - Destiny, Fate - the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny"
--2 is a kind of causal agent, cause, causal agency
--2 is a part of supernatural, occult - fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion - your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
--3 is a kind of condition
--3 has particulars:good fortune, good luck; providence; misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck; failure