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WOTD: kismet
[kiz met]
def: FATE, or the determining cause by

which things come to be
ex: It could only be kismet that directed me here to meet you all.

Who believes in kismet, or fate? Raise your hand in the comments. I know many cultures have their own word for this FATE that we think so much about. Please let me know what it is!

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  • josue hidalgo

    Beautiful voice thank for word of the day😊

  • Corinne

    @Diana Mata thank you for sharing!

  • Corinne

    @gustavo hello ☺

  • Feng 2021 Lifetime VIP

    Beautiful voice. Thank you.

  • Corinne

    @Abraham exactly

  • gustavo

    Hola

  • Abraham

    So it's similar to destiny or karma?🤔

  • Vic

    I believe fate, it's a supernatural staff that directing the life.

  • Diana Mata

    Thanks for sharing the word! In Spanish we say DESTINO.

  • Corinne

    @AV yes definitely. I explained to another user why of you can check all comments. See. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kismet

  • Corinne

    @Ulv yes, it's a weird we use as English speakers but the word has Arabic roots. Basically, it is in general use but we've "borrowed" it from that language, just like we have the words safari, cigar, cartoon, wanderlust, cookie

  • Ulv

    I thought for a while it was about another language not English, the same word is known in other cultures, at least in North Africa. I have to check its etymology to know its origin because it doesn't sound English for me.

  • AV

    @Corinne i thought Kismet is an Urdu or Arabic word. I was familiar with this word before, but was hesitant to use in any formal English conversation. Please could you clarify if we could use this word 'Kismet' in writing & speaking officially?

  • Grace

    @Corinne thank you Corinne

  • Corinne

    @Jiwon Joh any time!

  • Corinne

    @Grace welcome!

  • Morton

    @Corinne an idiom

  • Corinne

    @Morton I like this. Is it an idiom or a proverb?

  • Morton

    in china we have a idiom about ''you only make your effort to do it. whether it succeeds depend on fate''谋事在人，成事在天。

  • Grace

    thank you for your word of the day! 😍

  • Taurus

    宿命

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