fatesfeɪtnoun+an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future+the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman)+your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)verb+decree or designate beforehand

Thesaurus Dictionary

n.

1 fortune, lot, luck, chance, life, destiny, God's will, providence, doom, karma, kismet, toss or throw of the dice, ColloqUS and Canadian the breaks, the way the cookie crumbles, the way the ball bounces:

There was no trace of the fate of the explorers. What is to be the fate of this obsolete equipment?

Advanced English Dictionary

+noun1[C] the things, especially bad things, that will happen or have happened to sb/sth: The fate of the three men is unknown. + She sat outside, waiting to find out her fate. + The court will decide our fate / fates. + Each of the managers suffered the same fate. + The government had abandoned the refugees to their fate. + From that moment our fate was sealed (= our future was decided).2[U] the power that is believed to control everything that happens and that cannot be stopped or changed: Fate was kind to me that day. + By a strange twist of fate, Andy and I were on the same plane.Idioms: a fate worse than death (often humorous) a terrible thing that could happen: At the last minute the hero saves her from a fate worse than death.more at TEMPT

Collocation Dictionarynoun

1 sb/sth's future

ADJ.

awful, dreadful, grim, terrible | cruel, unhappy | tragic | worse

They decided to kill themselves rather than suffer a worse fate at the hands of their enemy.

| common, normal, usual | likely

Under-representation is the likely fate of small parties.

| ultimate | unknown

The ultimate fate of the captured troops is unknown.

| the same, similar

She broke her ankle before the big match, then suffered the same fate a month later.

VERB + FATE

face

He faces a grim fate if he is sent back to his own country.

| meet, suffer, undergo | share

He had no desire to share the fate of his executed comrades.

| avoid, escape

She managed to escape the fate of the other rebels.

| deserve

What had he done to deserve such a terrible fate?

| accept, be resigned to

The condemned men were resigned to their fate.

| bemoan, bewail

Instead of just bemoaning your fate, why not do something to change it?

| ponder | seal

He had signed his confession and sealed his own fate.

| decide

An extraordinary general meeting to decide the company's fate will be held on Thursday.