something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.

the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events.

the power or agency that determines the course of events.

( initial capital letter ) this power personified or represented as a goddess.

the Destinies, the Fates.

noun

choice , free will , volition

noun

afterlife , break * , breaks , certainty , circumstance , conclusion , condition , constellation , course of events , cup , design , divine decree , doom , expectation , finality , foreordination , fortune , future , happenstance , hereafter , horoscope , inevitability , intent , intention , karma , kismet * , lot , luck , moirai , objective , ordinance , portion , predestination , predetermination , prospect , serendipity , the stars , way the ball bounces , way the cookie crumbles , what is written , wheel of fortune * , world to come , kismet , bourn , destination , eschatology , fate , goal , moira , purpose , stars , terminus , terminus ad quem