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fate¹
- /feɪt/
Rhymes with -eɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English fate, from Latin fāta (“prediction”), plural of fātum, from fātus (“spoken”), from for (“to speak”). In this sense, displaced native Old English wyrd, whence Modern English weird.
noun fates
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The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as t
Similar: destiny, natural order · Opposite: free will
- The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
- An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
- Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc. Accept your fate.
- Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).
- The products of a chemical reaction in their final form in the biosphere. It’s important to research chemical fate because chemical fate is the best tool we have for understanding and managing human health risks or environmental damage caused by chemical release.
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The mature endpoint of a region, group of cells or individual cell in an embryo, including all changes leading to that mature endpoint
Similar: developmental pathway
Similar: chance, destin, destiny, doom, fatality, fate, foredoom, foreordination, fortune, kismet, lot, orlay, portion, predestination, predestiny, preordination, qadar, weird, wyrd · Opposite: choice, free will, luck
verb fates · fating · fated
- To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable. The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.
Fate²
Rhymes with -eɪt
proper noun
- Any one of the Fates.
- A personification of fate (the cause that predetermines events).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: destiny, destine, designate, fortune, luck, portion, lot, doom, circumstances, kismet, fatality, intended, future, fatalism, purpose, becoming
Translations
Every language
noun destiny
| Español | azar, hado, sino, fátum |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 숙명 sungmyeong, 운명 unmyeong |
| 日本語 | 運命 unmei, 宿命 shukumei |
| 中文 | 命運 /命运 mìngyùn, 氣數 /气数 qìshu, 宿命 sùmìng, 運命 /运命 yùnmìng |
| हिन्दी | क़िस्मत qismat, किस्मत kismat, नसीब nasīb, तक़दीर taqdīr, तकदीर takdīr, भाग्य bhāgya |
| Kiswahili | majaliwa |
| Português | fado, destino, sorte |
| Français | destin, destinée |
| Deutsch | Schicksal |
| Italiano | destino, sorte, fato |
| Ελληνικά | μοίρα moíra, πεπρωμένο peproméno |
| Română | soartă |
| Русский | судьба́ sudʹbá, до́ля dólja, у́часть účastʹ, рок rok, уде́л udél |
| Tiếng Việt | vận mệnh, túc mệnh |
| العربية | قِسْمَة qisma, مَصِير maṣīr, قَدَر qadar |
| עברית | מַזָּל mazal, גּוֹרָל gorál |
noun that which predetermines events
| Español | azar, hado, fátum |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 운명 unmyeong, 숙명 sungmyeong |
| 日本語 | 運命 unmei, 宿命 shukumei |
| 中文 | 命運 /命运 mìngyùn, 氣數 /气数 qìshu, 宿命 sùmìng, 運命 /运命 yùnmìng |
| हिन्दी | क़िस्मत qismat, किस्मत kismat, नसीब nasīb, तक़दीर taqdīr, तकदीर takdīr, भाग्य bhāgya |
| Kiswahili | majaliwa |
| Português | destino, fado, sina |
| Français | destin, destinée, sort |
| Deutsch | Schicksal, Los, Geschick |
| Italiano | fato, sorte, destino |
| Ελληνικά | μοίρα moíra, ειμαρμένη eimarméni, πεπρωμένο peproméno, τύχη týchi, ριζικό rizikó |
| Română | soartă, destin |
| Русский | судьба́ sudʹbá, до́ля dólja, у́часть účastʹ, рок rok, уде́л udél, фа́тум fátum |
| Tiếng Việt | số phận, số mạng, vận mệnh, túc mệnh, định mệnh |
| العربية | قِسْمَة qisma, مَصِير maṣīr, قَدَر qadar, تَقْدِير taqdīr |
| עברית | מַזָּל mazál, גּוֹרָל gorál |
noun inevitable events
| Español | hado, sino, fátum |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | majaliwa |
| Português | sina |
| Italiano | destino, fato |
| Ελληνικά | τύχη týchi, μοίρα moíra, πεπρωμένο peproméno |
| Русский | судьба́ sudʹbá, до́ля dólja, у́часть účastʹ, рок rok |
| Tiếng Việt | vận mệnh |
| עברית | מַזָּל mazal, גּוֹרָל gorál |
noun goddess
| Română | ursitoare |
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