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   Fate

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   noun

   • 1. the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined 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 particular situation for someone or something, seen as beyond their control: "he suffered the same fate as his companion" 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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   What does Fates do?

   • The Fates – or Moirai – are a group of three weaving goddesses who assign individual destinies to mortals at birth. Their names are Clotho (the Spinner), Lachesis (the Alloter) and Atropos (the Inflexible).

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   What are the Fates sometimes referred to as?

   • The Fates – or Moirai – are a group of three weaving goddesses who assign individual destinies to mortals at birth. Their names are Clotho (the Spinner), Lachesis (the Alloter) and Atropos (the Inflexible).

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   What are the three Fates?

   • The Fates – or Moirai – are a group of three weaving goddesses who assign individual destinies to mortals at birth. Their names are Clotho (the Spinner), Lachesis (the Alloter) and Atropos (the Inflexible). In the older myths, they were the daughters of Nyx, but later, they are more often portrayed as the offspring of Zeus and Themis.

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   Who are the Fates daughters of?

   • The Fates are the daughters of Zeus and Themis. Because of their direct connection to death, the Fates are sometimes referred to as the goddesses of death, of “Moirai Thanatoio.” The Fates were independent as they directed a mortal’s fate. Even the gods and goddesses had to submit to them.

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   Learn the meaning of fate as a noun and a verb, with synonyms, examples, and usage notes. Fate is the will or principle that determines events or outcomes, often with a sense of inevitability or doom.

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   Fate is a noun that means what happens to a particular person or thing, especially something final or negative, such as death or defeat. It can also mean a power that some people believe causes and controls all events, so that you cannot change or control the way things will happen. See examples, synonyms, idioms and translations of fate.

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   Fate is something that happens to a person or thing, especially something final or negative, such as death or defeat. Fate is also a power that controls all events, so that people cannot change or control the way things will happen. Learn more about fate with examples and idioms.

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   Fate is something that unavoidably befalls a person or an event, often with a negative connotation. It can also refer to the universal principle or agency that determines the order of things, or the three goddesses of destiny in mythology.

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   3 days ago · Fate is a power that some people believe controls and decides everything that happens, in a way that cannot be prevented or changed. Learn more about the word forms, synonyms, examples, and idioms of fate from Collins English Dictionary.

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   Learn the meaning of fate as a noun, with pictures, pronunciation and usage notes. Find out how to use fate in sentences and idioms, and see synonyms and related words.

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    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. synonyms: designate, destine, doom. see more.