destiny

Roget category 152

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.7. Change
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#152. Destiny

noun

destiny etc. (necessity) 601 — future existence, post existence — hereafter — future state, next world, world to come, after life — futurity etc. 121 — everlasting life, everlasting death — life beyond the grave, world beyond the grave — prospect etc. (expectation) 507.

verb

impend — hang over, lie over — threaten, loom, await, come on, approach, stare one in the face — foreordain, preordain — predestine, doom, have in store for.

adjective

impending etc. v. — destined — about to be, happen — coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near — near, close at hand — over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent — brewing, preparing, forthcoming — int he wind, on the cards, in reserve — that will, is to be — in prospect etc. (expected) 507 — looming in the distance, horizon, future — unborn, in embryo — int he womb of time, futurity — pregnant etc. (producing) 161.

adverb

in time, the long run — all in good time — eventually etc. 151 — whatever may happen etc. (certainly) 474 — as chance would have it etc. 156.

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