fate

n.

1. The predetermined course of events

   destiny, fortune, destination, luck, predetermination, predestination; see also destiny 1.

2. A personal destiny

   lot, fortune, portion, doom, destiny, destined lot, end, future, prospect, outcome; see also doom 1.

fate refers to the inevitability of a course of events as supposedly predetermined by a god or other agency beyond human control; destiny also refers to an inevitable succession of events as determined supernaturally or by necessity, but often implies a favorable outcome it was her destiny to become famous; portion and lot refer to what is supposedly distributed in the determining of fate, but portion implies an equitable apportionment and lot implies a random assignment; doom always connotes an unfavorable or disastrous fate

Fate

n.