Meaning & use
kismet
Fate or destiny, especially when seen as leading to a particular outcome.
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Meeting her future husband on a delayed flight felt like pure kismet.
He shrugged off the coincidence, calling it kismet rather than luck.
A note on using this word
Kismet comes from Turkish and Arabic roots and carries a slightly more romantic or poetic tone than the plain word fate.
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