fate

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Noun

1. The presumed [[cause]], force, principle, or divine will that [[predetermine]]s events.
2. The [[effect]], [[consequence]], [[outcome]], or [[inevitable]] events predetermined by this cause.
3. An [[event]] or a [[situation]] which is [[inevitable]] in the [[fullness of time]].
4. [[destiny|Destiny]]; ''often with a connotation of [[death]], [[ruin]], [[misfortune]], etc.''
5. {{lb|en|mythology}} {{alternative case form of|en|Fate}} (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).
6. {{lb|en|biochemistry}} The [[product|products]] of a chemical reaction in their final form in the [[biosphere]].
7. {{lb|en|embryology}} The mature endpoint of a region, group of cells or individual cell in an [[embryo]], including all changes leading to that mature endpoint

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[foreordain]] or [[predetermine]], to make [[inevitable]].

Proper noun

1. Any one of the [[Fates]].
2. A personification of [[fate]] (the cause that predetermines events).

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