providencenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈprɒv.ɪ.dəns/us/ˈprɑː.və.dəns/an influence that is not human in origin and is thought to control people's lives:
divine providence
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fate and destiny
- Damocles
- destined
- destiny
- fatalism
- fate
- ill-fated
- ill-starred
- in the lap of the gods idiom
- jinx
- lap
- lightning
- lightning never strikes twice idiom
- lot
- predestination
- predestined
- preordain
- providential
- sword
- write
- written in the stars idiom
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