The Clue
It's unavoidable (4 letter answer)
The Answer
FATE
Tags
Notes
The answer FATE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.
Related Clues
Clotho, for one
Destine
Destiny
Fortune
Inevitability
Karma
Kismet
Lot
Predestination
Atropos, e.g.
Clotho, e.g.
Horoscope revelation
Lot in life
Writing on the wall
What will be
It may be tempted
It may have a twist
"___ laughs at probabilities": Bulwer-Lytton
There's no changing it
You can't escape it
Emerson said intellect annuls it
White-robed figure of Greek mythology
Definition
FATE as a noun:
1. (destiny, fate) = an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
2. (Destiny, Fate) = the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny"
3. (fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion) = your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
FATE as a verb:
1. (destine, fate, doom, designate) = decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"