If you say that a person is fated to do something, or that something is fated, you mean that it seems to have been decided by fate before it happens, and nothing can be done to avoid or change it.
He was fated not to score.
...stories of desperation, fated love, treachery and murder.
Synonyms: destined, doomed, predestined, preordained More Synonyms of fated
2. See also ill-fated
fated in British English
(ˈfeɪtɪd)
adjective
1.
destined
2.
doomed to death or destruction
fated in American English
(ˈfeɪtɪd)
adjective
1.
ordained or determined by fate; destined
2.
destined to destruction; doomed
Examples of 'fated' in a sentence
fated
Only then could his deep self seek out that of the one woman fated to be his wife.
Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD (2002)
He couldn't resist the sense that he was fated to be in the right place when opportunity opened up before him.
Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
An well; this was never fated to be a book distinguished by its tidiness.
Clive Barker GALILEE (2002)
He was certain, after all, to be left alone, destined to do as he wished, fated to be happy.
Smiley, Jane BARN BLIND (2002)
In other languages
fated
British English: fated ADJECTIVE
If you say that a person is fated to do something, or that something is fated, you mean that it seems to have been decided by fate before it happens.
He was fated not to score.
American English: fated
Brazilian Portuguese: condenado
Chinese: 注定的
European Spanish: predestinado
French: voué
German: vorherbestimmt
Italian: destinato
Japanese: 運命づけられた
Korean: ~할 운명인
European Portuguese: condenado
Latin American Spanish: predestinado
(adjective)
Definition
certain to be or do something
I was fated never to get there.
Synonyms
destined
He feels that he was destined to become a musician.
doomed
The attempt was doomed from the start.
predestined
His career was not predestined from birth.
preordained
the belief that our actions are governed by a preordained destiny
foreordained
pre-elected
Additional synonyms
in the sense of doomed
The attempt was doomed from the start.
Synonyms
hopeless,
condemned,
ill-fated,
fated,
unhappy,
unfortunate,
cursed,
unlucky,
blighted,
hapless,
bedevilled,
luckless,
ill-starred,
star-crossed,
ill-omened
in the sense of predestined
Definition
determined in advance by God
His career was not predestined from birth.
Synonyms
fated,
predetermined,
preordained,
meant,
doomed,
foreordained,
pre-elected,
predestinated
in the sense of preordained
Definition
decreed or determined in advance
the belief that our actions are governed by a preordained destiny