ETYM Old Eng. destinee, destene, French destinée, from destiner. Related to Destine.
An event (or course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future; SYN. fate.

ETYM Latin fatum a prophetic declaration, oracle, what is ordained by the gods, destiny, fate, from fari to speak: cf. Old Fren. fat. Related to Fame, Fable, Ban, Fay, Fairy.
1. A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned.
2. Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death.
3. The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle.
4. The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos (the Destinies, or Parcae) were believed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting the thread.
A principle of what is ordained for human beings, which may also constrain gods in some mythologies. Fate is also described as the “destiny” of individuals or nations.
In classical mythology, the three Fates (and in Scandinavian mythology, the three Norns) wove and cut a thread of life for all mortals, and so fate is often associated with the timing and circumstances of an individual’s death. In Christian thought, divine providence may play a similar role, balanced by the idea of free will. In Islam kismet entails submission to Allah, whereas in Hindu belief karma, as the sum of an individual’s actions, determines an improved or worsened fate in the next life.
The related idea of fatalism entails submission to fate, as this is perceived either to affect individuals or wider social groups. + prikaži više

ETYM Skr.
Destiny; in Buddhist belief, actions of one incarnation determining nature of next; religious rite.
(Sanskrit “fate”) In Hinduism, the sum of a human being's actions, carried forward from one life to the next, resulting in an improved or worsened fate. Buddhism has a similar belief, except that no permanent personality is envisaged, the karma relating only to the physical and mental elements carried on from birth to birth, until the power holding them together disperses in the attainment of nirvana.
(Hinduism and Buddhism) The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation. + prikaži više

ETYM Per. qismat. Fate; destiny.
(Islamic) The will of Allah; SYN. kismat.

ETYM as. hlot; akin to hleótan to cast lots, os. hlôt lot, Dutch lot, German loos, Old High Germ. lôz, Icel. hlutr, Swed. lott, Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Related to Allot, Lotto, Lottery.
A parcel of land having fixed boundaries.