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Noun
S: (n) destiny, fate (an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future)
S: (n) destiny, fate (the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)) "we are helpless in the face of destiny"
S: (n) agent (an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect) "their research uncovered new disease agents"
S: (n) nature (a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe) "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women"
S: (n) supernatural, occult (supernatural forces and events and beings collectively) "She doesn't believe in the supernatural"
S: (n) theurgy (the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs)
S: (n) destiny, fate (the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)) "we are helpless in the face of destiny"
S: (n) catalyst (something that causes an important event to happen) "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country"
S: (n) deus ex machina (any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty)
S: (n) operator, manipulator (an agent that operates some apparatus or machine) "the operator of the switchboard"
S: (n) power, force (one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority) "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"
S: (n) vital principle, life principle (a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed)
S: (n) engine (something used to achieve a purpose) "an engine of change"
S: (n) cause of death, killer (the causal agent resulting in death) "heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States"
S: (n) danger (a cause of pain or injury or loss) "he feared the dangers of traveling by air"
S: (n) agent (a substance that exerts some force or effect)
S: (n) 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"
Verb
S: (v) destine, fate, doom, designate (decree or designate beforehand) "She was destined to become a great pianist"