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destiny (destiny%1:11:00::)
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fate (fate%1:11:00::)
(an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future)
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happening (happening%1:11:00::)
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occurrence (occurrence%1:11:00::)
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occurrent (occurrent%1:11:00::)
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natural event (natural_event%1:11:00::)
(an event that happens)
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destiny (destiny%1:18:00::)
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fate (fate%1:18:00::)
(the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman))
"we are helpless in the face of destiny"
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fortune (fortune%1:26:00::)
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destiny (destiny%1:26:00::)
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fate (fate%1:26:00::)
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luck (luck%1:26:00::)
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lot (lot%1:26:00::)
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circumstances (circumstances%1:26:02::)
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portion (portion%1:26:00::)
(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"
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condition (condition%1:26:01::)
(a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)
"the human condition"