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Definitions for Fate

[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.
[3] that which is inevitably predetermined; destiny: Death is our ineluctable fate.
[4] a prophetic declaration of what must be: The oracle pronounced their fate.
[5] death, destruction, or ruin.
[6] the Fates, Classical Mythology . the three goddesses of destiny, known to the Greeks as the Moerae and to the Romans as the Parcae.
[7] 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.
[8] the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events
[9] the inevitable fortune that befalls a person or thing; destiny
[10] the end or final result
[11] a calamitous or unfavourable outcome or result; death, destruction, or downfall
[12] (tr; usually passive) to predetermine; doom he was fated to lose the game

Words related to Fate

destiny, circumstance, effect, chance, future, consequence, outcome, issue, predestination, kismet, nemesis, fortune, horoscope, cup, end, destination, ending, break, providence, portion

Words nearby Fate

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Origin of Fate

1325–75; Middle English < Latin fātum utterance, decree of fate, destiny, orig. neuter of fātus, past participle of fārī to speak

Words that may be confused with Fate

fate, fete, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)

Word origin for Fate

C14: from Latin fātum oracular utterance, from fārī to speak

Synonyms for Fate

chance, circumstance, consequence, destiny, effect, future, issue, outcome, Moirai, break, cup, destination, doom, end, ending, fortune, horoscope, karma, kismet, lot, luck, nemesis, portion, predestination, providence, stars, termination, upshot, divine will, handwriting on the wall, inescapableness, wheel of fortune