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   fate

   /feɪt/

   noun

   • 1. the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power: "fate decided his course for him" Similar destinyprovidenceGod's willnemesiskismetastral influencethe starswhat is written in the starsone's lot in lifepredestinationpredeterminationchanceluckserendipityfortuityfortunehazardLady LuckDame Fortunekarmaarchaic:dolecupheritage
   • ▪ the course of someone's life, or the outcome of a situation for someone or something, seen as outside their control: "he stared at the faces of the committee, trying to guess his fate" Similar futuredestinyoutcomeissueupshotendlotduearchaic:doomdole
   • ▪ the inescapable death of a person: "the guards led her to her fate" Similar deathdemiseenddestructiondoomruindownfallundoingfinishdisastercatastropheretributionsentence
   • 2. three goddesses who presided over the birth and life of humans. Each person's destiny was thought of as a thread spun, measured, and cut by the three Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. Similar the weird sistersthe Parcaethe Moiraithe Norns
   • ▪ another term for Norns

   verb

   • 1. be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way: "the regime was fated to end badly"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Italian fato or (later) from its source, Latin fatum ‘that which has been spoken’, from fari ‘speak’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fatedness noun

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   something that happens to a person or thing, esp. something final or negative, such as death or defeat: The fate of numerous smaller buildings is under debate. Attendance has not picked up, and the fate of the show is still in doubt.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryFATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   something that happens to a person or thing, esp. something final or negative, such as death or defeat: The fate of numerous smaller buildings is under debate. Attendance has not picked up, and the fate of the show is still in doubt.

4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › fateFate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future. synonyms: destiny. see more. noun. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) “deserved a better fate ” synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fortune, lot, luck, portion. see more. verb. decree or designate beforehand.

5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › fateFate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of FATE is the will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do : destiny. How to use fate in a sentence.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   fate, destiny, doom refer to the idea of a fortune, usually adverse, that is predetermined and inescapable. The three words are frequently interchangeable. fate stresses the irrationality and impersonal character of events: It was Napoleon's fate to be exiled.

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   noun. something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind. Synonyms: luck, chance, kismet, karma. 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.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishfate noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   [countable] the things, especially bad things, that will happen or have happened to somebody/something. The fate of the three men is unknown. She sat outside, waiting to find out her fate. The court will decide our fate/fates. Each of the managers suffered the same fate. He warned about the scam so others could avoid a similar fate.

9. www.britannica.com › dictionary › fateFate Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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   FATE meaning: 1 : a power that is believed to control what happens in the future; 2 : the things that will happen to a person or thing the future that someone or something will have.

10. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryFATE definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary

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    Fate is a power that some people believe controls and decides everything that happens, in a way that cannot be prevented or changed. You can also refer to the fates . I see no use arguing with fate.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryfate | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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    fate meaning: 1. what happens to someone, especially when it is something bad: 2. a power that some people…. Learn more.