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fating

Variant of fate

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
  2. final outcome
  3. death; destruction; doom
  4. any of the three Fates

transitive verb fated, fating

to destine: now usually in the passive

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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