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fate Definition

fate (fāt)

noun

  1. the power or agency supposed to determine the outcome of events before they occur; destiny
    1. something inevitable, supposedly determined by this power
    2. what happens or has happened to a person or entity; lot; fortune
  3. final outcome
  4. death; destruction; doom
  5. any of the three Fates

Etymology: ME < L fatum, prophetic declaration, oracle < neut. pp. of fari, to speak: see fame

transitive verb fat′ed, fat′·ing

to destine: now usually in the passive

fate Synonyms

fate

n.

  1. The predetermined course of events

    destiny, fortune, destination, luck, predetermination, predestination; see also destiny 1.

  2. A personal destiny

    lot, fortune, portion, doom, destiny, destined lot, end, future, prospect, outcome; see also doom 1.

fate refers to the inevitability of a course of events as supposedly predetermined by a god or other agency beyond human control; destiny also refers to an inevitable succession of events as determined supernaturally or by necessity, but often implies a favorable outcome it was her destiny to become famous; portion and lot refer to what is supposedly distributed in the determining of fate, but portion implies an equitable apportionment and lot implies a random assignment; doom always connotes an unfavorable or disastrous fate

Fate Synonyms

Fate

n.

destiny, Nemesis, the Fates, the Weird Sisters, Parcae, the Norns, the three sisters; Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos.

FATE (Frame-based ATM Transport over Ethernet) Telecom Definition

A specification from the ATM Forum (February 2000 and July 2002) that allows ATM Adaptation Layer Type 5 (AAL5) services to be provided over Ethernet by transporting ATM data within an Ethernet frame. FATE has particular application in the context of an ATM-based ADSL environment interfacing to an Ethernet local area network (LAN) through a switch or hub on the customer premises. See also AAL5, ADSL, ATM, ATM Forum, Ethernet, hub, LAN, and switch.

fate Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • mankind: What did Enlil do in order to decide the fate of mankind?
  • contaminant: In this way the role of adsorption in the transport and fate of the contaminants can be directly assessed.
  • pollutant: Better results about the fate of pollutants in the atmosphere will be obtained using a mobile laboratory developed by Dr. Paul Seakins in chemistry.
  • universe: A realm where monsters wield unimaginable power and the fate of the universe is held together by seven magical wands.
  • DNA: Fate of free DNA and transformation of the oral bacterium Streptococcus gordonii DL1 by plasmid DNA in human saliva.
  • million: But the fate of millions of animals was decided on a trick of parliamentary procedure.

Converse of object

  • tempt: Don't tempt fate by using computers during a local electrical storm.
  • suffer: Onions have suffered a similar fate with prices up to eight times normal.
  • decide: Its also where OUCC has an annual meeting to decide the fate of next year's expedition.
  • seal: His desire for airfields near Norway sealed the fate of Denmark which became another target.
  • decree: Indeed they would not have been unworthy victors had fate decreed otherwise.
  • escape: Where is the soul that has escaped the fate of hell through the efficacy of faith in Jesus?

Adjective modifier

  • tempting: It was thought to be tempting fate to a certain extent.
  • tragic: He kept threading possible scenarios about Emily's tragic fate through his mind's eye.
  • cruel: This seems a very cruel fate for an innocent, harmless sheet of paper.
  • eventual: Norfolk Chronicle - 11th July 1863 The mill's eventual fate seems to have been a removal and conversion to drainage use.
  • ultimate: Chaplin is perhaps unique in film history in having taken such control over the ultimate fate of his work.
  • grisly: His son Robert also fought at Flodden, and had an equally grisly fate.

Modifies a noun

determination: Our group is interested in nuclear reprogramming and cell fate determination by signal factors in amphibian development.

Noun used with modifier

cell: This approach should lead to a more complete description of the dynamics of cell fate in the mouse.

Browse dictionary entries near fate

  1. ‹ fatback
  2. ‹ fatally
  3. ‹ fatality
  4. ‹ fatalism
  5. ‹ fatal variance
  6. ‹ fatal defect
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  8. ‹ Fatah
  9. ‹ fata morgana
  10. ‹ fat-witted
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