FATE

[noun] [C usually singular] - the things that happen to a particular person or thing, esp. something final or negative, such as death or defeatWe demand the right to vote and decide our own fate.British companies are trying to avoid the fate that has already befallen their American counterparts.Fate is also a power that is considered to cause and control all events, so that people cannot change or control the way things will happen.When we met again by chance in Cairo, she said "It must be fate."It seemed that a trip to France was what Fate had in store for me (= was what was certain to happen next).If you say that something is, or would be, a fate worse than death, you mean that it is something you do not want to experience because it is so unpleasant, boring, etc..A week with my Aunt would be a fate worse than death.The Fates were three goddesses whom the ancient Greeks believed controlled people's lives and decided when people must die.