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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.
- the Fates, Classical Mythology. 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
Idioms and Phrases
- seal one's fate
- tempt fate
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Lee said it’s “very natural” for some senior officials to worry about their fate under a new chief.
Her move of recruiting Charlotte to be a fellow traitor was ultimately her downfall, as at Minah's final round table, it was Charlotte's vote which sealed her fate and saw her banished from the castle.
It comes after months of uncertainty over the fate of an agreement, following Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky clash with US President Donald Trump on a visit to the White House in February.
Kuemper deserved a far better fate after turning away 43 shots.
Still opaque is the fate of the many people, some apparently recruits for the cartel, who passed through the camp.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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