Fate Definition

fāt
fated, fating
noun
The power or agency supposed to determine the outcome of events before they occur; destiny.
Webster's New World
Something inevitable, supposedly determined by this power.
Webster's New World
What happens or has happened to a person or entity; lot; fortune.
Webster's New World
Final outcome.
Webster's New World
Death; destruction; doom.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A personification of fate (the cause that predetermines events).
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Any one of the Fates.

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verb
fated
To destine.
Webster's New World
The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.
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Other Word Forms of Fate

Noun

Singular:
fate
Plural:
Fates

Origin of Fate

  • Middle English from Old French fat from Latin fātum prophecy, doom from neuter past participle of fārī to speak bhā-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin fata (“prediction”) (neutral plural of fatum), fatus 'spoken', fari (“to speak”).

    From Wiktionary

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