Fate
/feΙͺt/
The meaning and definition of Fate, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
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Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
βAccept your fate.β
- The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
verb
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To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
βThe oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.β
Definitions from the Free Dictionary API
Synonyms
destiny doom fortune kismet lot necessity
Antonyms
chance choice free will freedom
Origin
From Latin fata, from Latin fatum, from Latin fatus.
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