the Fates

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Fates
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Synonyms:

the three goddesses, Destinies, Weird Sisters, Fate , destiny , Moirai, Parcae, Nona, Clotho, Decima, Lachesis, Morta, Atropos, Norns, Urdur, Verthandi, Skuld, Muses, goddesses, gods, Three Witches, mythical creatures, mythology

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fate
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Sense: Noun: luck or chance

Synonyms:

luck , chance , fortune , happenstance (mainly US), good luck, bad luck, misfortune, good fortune, bad fortune, ill fortune, lucky break (informal), lucky streak (informal), run of luck

Sense: Noun: predetermination

Synonyms:

predetermination, destiny , force of destiny, kismet, force , force of nature, causality, cause and effect, inevitability, inevitable outcome

Sense: Noun: personal destiny

Synonyms:

destiny , lot , destined lot, what awaits, what life has in store, what is in store for sb, what is to come, things to come, the upshot, what will be, what lies ahead, the road ahead, result , outcome

Sense: Noun: downfall

Synonyms:

downfall , end , demise , death , ruin , doom , a fate worse than death, a grisly end, a grisly fate

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