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fate

UK/feɪt/ US/ˈfeɪt/ common
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

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2.

the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman)

  • “we are helpless in the face of Destiny”
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3.

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

  • “whatever my fortune may be”
  • “deserved a better fate”
  • “has a happy lot”
  • “the luck of the Irish”
  • “a victim of circumstances”
  • “success that was her portion”
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verb

1.

decree or designate beforehand

  • “She was destined to become a great pianist”
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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • as fate would have it
  • cheat fate
  • fate map
  • fickle finger of fate
  • fucked by the fickle finger of fate
  • leave someone to their fate
  • quirk of fate
  • red string of fate

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