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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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3. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › fatefate noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   noun. /feɪt/ Idioms. [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.

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   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.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › fateFATE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   what happens to someone, especially when it is something bad: His fate is now in the hands of the jury. fate noun (POWER) B2. a power that some people believe decides what will happen: I believe it was fate that caused us to meet again. See also. quirk of fate.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › fatefate | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   Definition of fate – Learner’s Dictionary. fate. noun. uk / feɪt / us. fate noun (THINGS THAT HAPPEN) B2. what happens to someone, especially when it is something bad: His fate is now in the hands of the jury. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge.

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   noun. 1 [mass noun] the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power: fate decided his course for him his injury is a cruel twist of fate. More example sentences Synonyms. 1.1 [count noun] the course of someone's life, or the outcome of a situation for someone or something, seen as outside ...

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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. Synonym Discussion of Fate.

9. www.oed.com › dictionary › fate_nfate, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary

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   There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun fate. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. fate has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. mythology (early 1600s) classical mythology (early 1600s) weaponry (early 1700s)