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fate
[feyt]
noun
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot.
It is always his fate to be left behind.
Synonyms: , , ,the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the decreed cause of events; time.
Fate decreed that they would never meet again.
that which is inevitably predetermined; destiny.
Death is our ineluctable fate.
a prophetic declaration of what must be.
The oracle pronounced their fate.
death, destruction, or ruin.
Classical Mythology.the Fates, the three goddesses of destiny, known to the Greeks as the Moerae and to the Romans as the Parcae.
verb (used with object)
to predetermine, as by the decree of fate; destine (used in the passive).
a person who was fated to be the savior of the country.
Synonyms: ,
fate
/ ڱɪ /
noun
the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events
the inevitable fortune that befalls a person or thing; destiny
the end or final result
a calamitous or unfavourable outcome or result; death, destruction, or downfall
verb
(tr; usually passive) to predetermine; doom
he was fated to lose the game
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fate1
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Example Sentences
The author carefully reveals the story of Fox’s fate, circling the Wieland wetlands ravine again and again.
"It is important that the fate of pesticides and other chemicals in the environment is understood, in order to protect drinking water sources."
Others are confident that Didion purposely left their fate up to, well, fate.
Lough said she pushed for the man to be extradited back to the U.S. to serve out his sentence, but to this day she’s not sure what his fate was.
Craig, you know what it’s like working with source material, and we knew the fate of fan-favorite character Joel, who dies in Part 2 of the video game.
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