fatedadjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˈfeɪ.tɪd/us/ˈfeɪ.t̬ɪd/not able to be avoided because planned by a power that controls events:
[ + that ] It seemed fated that we would get married.
[ + to infinitive ] She says she was fated to become a writer.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fate and destiny
- Damocles
- destined
- destiny
- fatalism
- fate
- ill-starred
- in the lap of the gods idiom
- jinx
- lap
- lightning
- lightning never strikes twice idiom
- lot
- luckless
- predestined
- preordain
- providence
- providential
- sword
- write
- written in the stars idiom
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