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Definition of fate in English: fatenoun feɪtfeɪt 1mass 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 Example sentencesExamples - Kane understood the power of fate, and the inevitability of consequence.
- Remarkably, he found the right words to comfort those affected by the cruellest twist of fate.
- Sadly, in a cruel twist of fate, he was killed in a car accident just a few months later, aged just 21.
- A mother has been reunited with a daughter she had not spoken to for 15 years in an amazing twist of fate.
- By an ironic twist of fate, each of the four sides in the hat must face up to a derby match on the deciding Saturday.
- But, in a somewhat cruel twist of fate, you will also not remember to go out and buy it.
- A calendrical twist of fate found us celebrating Christmas this year on the middle day of December.
- Yet in a pathetic twist of fate, John's final act was the ultimate percentage play.
- She was about to send off an application to drama school when fate intervened.
- Yet by an ironic twist of fate he is blind to the world around him, losing Dot, who is expecting his child, to a pastry maker.
- He will live on for as long as the world remains daft and cruel fate chooses to mock us all.
- Then in a twist of fate her eye's are raised, they meet mine and I can feel all my insides turn to jelly.
- They forge a relationship based on their common sense of helplessness in the face of the overwhelming power of fate.
- And from time to time, nature and fate conspire to bring a mortal down.
- However, it was a cruel twist of fate that robbed him yet again of a sprint race win and, therefore, of an Irish double.
- In a remarkable twist of fate, they get locked in the storeroom together.
- Maybe in a strange twist of fate, Mom and Dad would be in bed sleeping.
- It is a cruel twist of fate, especially with a new presidency that few expect to benefit the poorest of Americans.
- It was a simple twist of fate that introduced him to the chartered accountancy profession.
- By a strange twist of fate, that actually is what the book was called.
Synonyms destiny, providence, God's will, nemesis, kismet, astral influence, the stars, what is written in the stars, one's lot in life predestination, predetermination chance, luck, serendipity, fortuity, fortune, hazard, Lady Luck, Dame Fortune Hinduism & Buddhism karma archaic dole, cup, heritage - 1.1count noun The course of someone's life, or the outcome of a situation for someone or something, seen as outside their control.
he stared at the faces of the committee, trying to guess his fate Example sentencesExamples - I died a little for him that day, because I knew his fate was sealed.
- We have seen that inflation tells us nothing about the ultimate fate of the Universe.
- Besides, this is the battle that will decide the fate of our world.
- Earth would have suffered the same fate had it been just a little closer to the Sun.
- While their paths diverged after 1990, their fates are entwined again this season.
- He now realized that she had saved him from a fate worse than death.
- Max felt that the fate of all mankind depended on this one decision.
- Men controlled the fates of women, whose expected aim in life was to marry well.
- Haven't churches, synagogues and mosques met the same fate at the hands of vandals?
- Over 100,000 have already crossed the border into Liberia and to an uncertain fate.
- If you were to build a snowman, it would suffer a fate worse than death.
- Stock options were a way to make executives more involved with the fates of the companies.
- He also wanted to know how many other importers have suffered a similar fate.
- We understand your need for privacy, but the fate of mankind outweighs this need.
- Did they realize too, that their fates were inextricably fixed to the outcome of that day's actions?
- He may have to live in exile from his own country, and while this is unfortunate, there are worse fates.
- Much the same fate has apparently befallen many other fairly despicable celebrities.
- Such efficiency gains could play a crucial role in determining the ultimate fate of satellite broadband.
- What lies ahead then will be the struggle to avoid these two fates.
- We learned from past elections that the nation's fate depends on whom the people choose as the president.
Synonyms future, destiny, outcome, issue, upshot, end, lot, due archaic doom, dole - 1.2in singular The inescapable death of a person.
the guards led her to her fate Example sentencesExamples - Some bodies had become tourist attractions as inquisitive locals came to view the fate of their former rulers.
- It is easy to see that this was the logical response to the dawning realisation of death as the fate of us all.
- Jesus is not praying to be rescued from death, for that is the fate of all human beings.
- His fate, death by firing squad, would hardly seem a cause for celebration.
- It's a sad tale of the fate of a whistleblower, and a dark rump of cop culture.
- Over the next century, nine major searches added to the sense that the party had met an almost supernatural fate.
Synonyms death, demise, end, destruction, doom ruin, downfall, undoing, finish, disaster, catastrophe retribution, sentence
2Greek Mythology Roman Mythology
The three goddesses who preside over the birth and life of humans. Each person was thought of as a spindle, around which the three Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos) would spin the thread of human destiny. Example sentencesExamples - They're called the three Fates: The Clotho, The Lachesis and The Atropos, named after the Greek mythology.
- Atropos is the name of one of the Fates, mythical beings who controlled the destinies of humans.
- And the sort of Goddess which the Fates held out to me was contained in the Old Religion.
- To the Greeks, your destiny was in the hands of the Fates, three heartless old women.
- The three Fates, or Moirai, were the offspring of Zeus and the Titan Themis.
Synonyms the weird sisters Roman Mythology the Parcae Greek Mythology the Moirai Scandinavian Mythology the Norns - 2.1
verb feɪtfeɪt be fatedBe destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way. with infinitive the regime was fated to end badly Example sentencesExamples - But is this new vehicle of unconstrained expression fated to come under the thumb of the powers that be?
- It is also a great New York story, a tai chi story, an accidental but somehow fated destiny.
- It would seem that I'm fated not to work for a while yet.
- Furthermore, he was fated to do those terrible things, as oracles plainly stated at his birth.
- We are fated to live together and we must do the work of making that coexistence as painless as possible.
- The result is that most urban pet dogs are fated to a caged life with little care or physical activity.
- Despite their innocent closeness, the three friends are fated to separate after a violent incident.
- Vast amounts of the knowledge and creative output of the last century is fated to turn to dust; forgotten, unwanted and unknown.
- The more famous you are now; the more obscure you are fated to be when the wheel turns through another quarter-circle.
- They believe, many of them, that they are fated, or charmed, or destined to do the things they do.
- The hard choice often perplexes them and they sometimes believe the decision is fated.
- It seemed it was one of those competitions we were fated to win.
- There were thousands of books in that room, all new and almost equally fated never to be reviewed.
- Our political culture seems fated to return to this sore spot.
- It may be that the West is fated, by its very cultural plenitude, to host some minimal number of such parasites.
- But there remains someone on earth whom we are fated to love and who is fated to love us.
- Could the unearthing of that page really have fated this destiny for us?
- For Ireland's most interesting local candidate, it seemed life was fated to imitate art.
- Faith's just one of those character's who is fated to die.
- I wasn't fated to run a seafood processing operation a thousand miles from anywhere.
Synonyms be predestined, be preordained, be foreordained, be destined, be meant, be doomed, be foredoomed, be cursed, be damned be sure, be certain, be bound, be guaranteed be inevitable, be inescapable, be ineluctable
Phrases Make it inevitable that something unpleasant will happen to someone. he had cheated the boss and sealed his own fate Example sentencesExamples - The fact that one of the four buildings in Broad Lane was said to be in need of serious repair, coupled with lack of room to expand the facility, is thought to have sealed their fate.
- I had misinterpreted my own future and then taken steps towards this false future, therefore sealing my fate with Mr. Odd.
- As she flattens her shoes on the grill, she uses the fingers of both hands to steer the skirt's folded hem forward, sealing its fate forever.
- The little girl spins her head around devilishly to cast the finger in my direction, sealing my fate, casting me out.
- That inexperience combined with the fact they were playing overseas for the first time sealed their fate.
- He seals your fate, but looks confused if you protest.
- But more mistakes and a first minute penalty sealed their fate.
- He then takes to visiting the mad ward daily, an act which seals his fate.
- And once you resist their military, you're pretty much sealing your fate.
- But at the end of the day he's courting his own destruction, sealing his fate.
Origin Late Middle English: from Italian fato or (later) from its source, Latin fatum 'that which has been spoken', from fari 'speak'. This comes from Latin fatum ‘what has been said’, from fari ‘to speak’, source also of fabulous. The main sense of fatum was ‘the judgement or sentence of the gods’, but it came to mean a person's ‘lot’, or what would happen to them. The Fates were the three goddesses of Greek and Roman mythology who presided over the birth and life of humans. Each person was thought of as a spindle, around which the three Fates (Clotho, the spinner, Lachesis, who measured the thread, and Atropos, who cut it off) would spin the thread of human destiny.
Rhymes abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight Definition of fate in US English: fatenounfātfeɪt 1The development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power. fate decided his course for him his injury is a cruel twist of fate Example sentencesExamples - Sadly, in a cruel twist of fate, he was killed in a car accident just a few months later, aged just 21.
- Maybe in a strange twist of fate, Mom and Dad would be in bed sleeping.
- However, it was a cruel twist of fate that robbed him yet again of a sprint race win and, therefore, of an Irish double.
- A mother has been reunited with a daughter she had not spoken to for 15 years in an amazing twist of fate.
- And from time to time, nature and fate conspire to bring a mortal down.
- By an ironic twist of fate, each of the four sides in the hat must face up to a derby match on the deciding Saturday.
- In a remarkable twist of fate, they get locked in the storeroom together.
- It is a cruel twist of fate, especially with a new presidency that few expect to benefit the poorest of Americans.
- Remarkably, he found the right words to comfort those affected by the cruellest twist of fate.
- They forge a relationship based on their common sense of helplessness in the face of the overwhelming power of fate.
- Kane understood the power of fate, and the inevitability of consequence.
- It was a simple twist of fate that introduced him to the chartered accountancy profession.
- By a strange twist of fate, that actually is what the book was called.
- Then in a twist of fate her eye's are raised, they meet mine and I can feel all my insides turn to jelly.
- Yet in a pathetic twist of fate, John's final act was the ultimate percentage play.
- A calendrical twist of fate found us celebrating Christmas this year on the middle day of December.
- She was about to send off an application to drama school when fate intervened.
- Yet by an ironic twist of fate he is blind to the world around him, losing Dot, who is expecting his child, to a pastry maker.
- But, in a somewhat cruel twist of fate, you will also not remember to go out and buy it.
- He will live on for as long as the world remains daft and cruel fate chooses to mock us all.
Synonyms destiny, providence, god's will, nemesis, kismet, astral influence, the stars, what is written in the stars, one's lot in life - 1.1 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 Example sentencesExamples - Max felt that the fate of all mankind depended on this one decision.
- Much the same fate has apparently befallen many other fairly despicable celebrities.
- Earth would have suffered the same fate had it been just a little closer to the Sun.
- Over 100,000 have already crossed the border into Liberia and to an uncertain fate.
- He now realized that she had saved him from a fate worse than death.
- We learned from past elections that the nation's fate depends on whom the people choose as the president.
- Stock options were a way to make executives more involved with the fates of the companies.
- Haven't churches, synagogues and mosques met the same fate at the hands of vandals?
- He may have to live in exile from his own country, and while this is unfortunate, there are worse fates.
- Did they realize too, that their fates were inextricably fixed to the outcome of that day's actions?
- We have seen that inflation tells us nothing about the ultimate fate of the Universe.
- He also wanted to know how many other importers have suffered a similar fate.
- Besides, this is the battle that will decide the fate of our world.
- Such efficiency gains could play a crucial role in determining the ultimate fate of satellite broadband.
- What lies ahead then will be the struggle to avoid these two fates.
- We understand your need for privacy, but the fate of mankind outweighs this need.
- Men controlled the fates of women, whose expected aim in life was to marry well.
- If you were to build a snowman, it would suffer a fate worse than death.
- While their paths diverged after 1990, their fates are entwined again this season.
- I died a little for him that day, because I knew his fate was sealed.
Synonyms future, destiny, outcome, issue, upshot, end, lot, due - 1.2in singular The inescapable death of a person.
the guards led her to her fate Example sentencesExamples - His fate, death by firing squad, would hardly seem a cause for celebration.
- Jesus is not praying to be rescued from death, for that is the fate of all human beings.
- It is easy to see that this was the logical response to the dawning realisation of death as the fate of us all.
- Over the next century, nine major searches added to the sense that the party had met an almost supernatural fate.
- It's a sad tale of the fate of a whistleblower, and a dark rump of cop culture.
- Some bodies had become tourist attractions as inquisitive locals came to view the fate of their former rulers.
Synonyms death, demise, end, destruction, doom
2the FatesRoman Mythology Greek Mythology
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. Also called Moirai and Parcae Example sentencesExamples - And the sort of Goddess which the Fates held out to me was contained in the Old Religion.
- They're called the three Fates: The Clotho, The Lachesis and The Atropos, named after the Greek mythology.
- Atropos is the name of one of the Fates, mythical beings who controlled the destinies of humans.
- The three Fates, or Moirai, were the offspring of Zeus and the Titan Themis.
- To the Greeks, your destiny was in the hands of the Fates, three heartless old women.
- 2.1the Fates
verbfātfeɪt be fatedBe destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way. with infinitive the regime was fated to end badly Example sentencesExamples - It seemed it was one of those competitions we were fated to win.
- Could the unearthing of that page really have fated this destiny for us?
- They believe, many of them, that they are fated, or charmed, or destined to do the things they do.
- The more famous you are now; the more obscure you are fated to be when the wheel turns through another quarter-circle.
- There were thousands of books in that room, all new and almost equally fated never to be reviewed.
- It may be that the West is fated, by its very cultural plenitude, to host some minimal number of such parasites.
- Vast amounts of the knowledge and creative output of the last century is fated to turn to dust; forgotten, unwanted and unknown.
- I wasn't fated to run a seafood processing operation a thousand miles from anywhere.
- Furthermore, he was fated to do those terrible things, as oracles plainly stated at his birth.
- But is this new vehicle of unconstrained expression fated to come under the thumb of the powers that be?
- Despite their innocent closeness, the three friends are fated to separate after a violent incident.
- But there remains someone on earth whom we are fated to love and who is fated to love us.
- Our political culture seems fated to return to this sore spot.
- Faith's just one of those character's who is fated to die.
- The result is that most urban pet dogs are fated to a caged life with little care or physical activity.
- For Ireland's most interesting local candidate, it seemed life was fated to imitate art.
- It is also a great New York story, a tai chi story, an accidental but somehow fated destiny.
- It would seem that I'm fated not to work for a while yet.
- We are fated to live together and we must do the work of making that coexistence as painless as possible.
- The hard choice often perplexes them and they sometimes believe the decision is fated.
Synonyms be predestined, be preordained, be foreordained, be destined, be meant, be doomed, be foredoomed, be cursed, be damned
Phrases Make it inevitable that something unpleasant will happen to someone. Example sentencesExamples - He then takes to visiting the mad ward daily, an act which seals his fate.
- And once you resist their military, you're pretty much sealing your fate.
- As she flattens her shoes on the grill, she uses the fingers of both hands to steer the skirt's folded hem forward, sealing its fate forever.
- But at the end of the day he's courting his own destruction, sealing his fate.
- I had misinterpreted my own future and then taken steps towards this false future, therefore sealing my fate with Mr. Odd.
- He seals your fate, but looks confused if you protest.
- The little girl spins her head around devilishly to cast the finger in my direction, sealing my fate, casting me out.
- The fact that one of the four buildings in Broad Lane was said to be in need of serious repair, coupled with lack of room to expand the facility, is thought to have sealed their fate.
- But more mistakes and a first minute penalty sealed their fate.
- That inexperience combined with the fact they were playing overseas for the first time sealed their fate.
Origin Late Middle English: from Italian fato or (later) from its source, Latin fatum ‘that which has been spoken’, from fari ‘speak’. |