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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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   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.

3. 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.

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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.

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6. 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.

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

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   fate. noun. /feɪt/. [countable] the things, especially bad things, that will happen or have happened to someone or 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.

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

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   3 days ago · 1. something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot. It is always his fate to be left behind. 2. 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.

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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.