fate
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fate
karma; destiny; chance; luck: We met through a lucky twist of fate.
Not to be confused with:
fete – a day of celebration; a holiday: It was a joyous fete.
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fate
(fāt)n.
1. The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events: Fate did not favor his career.
2.
a. The inevitable events predestined by this force: It was her fate to marry a lout.
b. A final result or consequence; an outcome: What was the fate of your project?
c. An unfavorable outcome in life; doom or death: suffered a fate worse than death; the island where the explorer met his fate.
3. Fates Greek & Roman Mythology The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who control human destiny. Used with the.
[Middle English, from Old French fat, from Latin fātum, prophecy, doom, from neuter past participle of fārī, to speak; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]
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fate
(feɪt)n
1. the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events
2. the inevitable fortune that befalls a person or thing; destiny
3. the end or final result
4. a calamitous or unfavourable outcome or result; death, destruction, or downfall
vb
(tr; usually passive) to predetermine; doom: he was fated to lose the game.
[C14: from Latin fātum oracular utterance, from fārī to speak]
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fate
(feɪt)n., v. fat•ed, fat•ing. n.
1. something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot.
2. the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the decreed cause of events; time.
3. that which is inevitably predetermined; destiny.
4. ultimate outcome; final course or state: the fate of a political campaign.
5. destruction or ruin.
6. the Fates, the three goddesses of destiny in Greek and Roman myth.
v.t. 7. to predetermine, as by the decree of fate; destine (used in the passive): a person who was fated to lead the country.
[1325–75; Middle English < Latin fātum destiny]
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Fate
See Also: HELPLESSNESS, LIFE
- Chase destiny like a harpoonist —Edith Pearlman
- Fate … creeps like a rat —Elizabeth Bowen
- The Fates, like an absent-minded printer, seldom allow a single line to stand perfect and unmarred —George Santayana
- Fate treats me mercilessly, like a storm treats a small boat —Anton Chekhov
- Like warp and woof all destinies are woven fast —John Greenleaf Whittier
- Our lives carried us in our own dimensions, like people passing on different escalators —Mary Ladd Cavell
- We’re like dice thrown on the plains of destiny —Rita Mae Brown
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
fate
Past participle: fated
Gerund: fating
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| Noun | 1. | fate - an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future inevitable - an unavoidable event; "don't argue with the inevitable" karma - (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation predestination - previous determination as if by destiny or fate doom, doomsday, end of the world, day of reckoning - an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world" |
| 2. | fate - the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of destiny" causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results occult, supernatural - supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural" | |
| 3. |  fate - 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"condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition" providence - a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures bad luck, ill luck, tough luck, misfortune - an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes failure - lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure" | |
| Verb | 1. | fate - decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" ordain - issue an order |
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fate
noun
1. destiny, chance, fortune, luck, the stars, weird (archaic), providence, nemesis, kismet, predestination, divine will I see no use quarrelling with fate.
4. downfall, end, death, ruin, destruction, doom, demise This new proposal seems doomed to the same fate.
Quotations
"Fate keeps on happening" [Anita Loos Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]
"Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat" [Elizabeth Bowen The House in Paris]
"... to deny fate is arrogance, to declare that we are the sole shapers of our existence is madness" [Oriana Fallaci A Man]
"Fate and character are the same concept" [Novalis Heinrich von Ofterdingen]
"Fate keeps on happening" [Anita Loos Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]
"Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat" [Elizabeth Bowen The House in Paris]
"... to deny fate is arrogance, to declare that we are the sole shapers of our existence is madness" [Oriana Fallaci A Man]
"Fate and character are the same concept" [Novalis Heinrich von Ofterdingen]
Proverbs
"Man proposes, God disposes"
"What must be, must be (Italian, Che sera, sera)"
"Man proposes, God disposes"
"What must be, must be (Italian, Che sera, sera)"
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fate
noun2. A predestined tragic end:
doom.
1. To determine the future of in advance:
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Translations
قَدَرمَصير، قَضاء وقَدَرمَصير، مَوْت
osudzáhudazkáza
skæbnefremtid
kohtalo
sudbina
végzet
örlögörlög, hlutskipti
運命
운명
fatalistasfatalizmas
bojāejaliktenis
záhuba
usoda
sudbasudbina
öde
โชคชะตา
số phận
fate
[feɪt] N1. (= destiny) → destino m
what fate has in store for us → lo que nos guarda or depara el destino
fate decided otherwise → el destino no lo quiso así
what fate has in store for us → lo que nos guarda or depara el destino
fate decided otherwise → el destino no lo quiso así
2. (= person's lot) → suerte f
to leave sb to his fate → abandonar a algn a su suerte
this sealed his fate → esto acabó de perderle
to meet one's fate (= die) → encontrar la muerte
Italy could suffer the same fate as India → Italia podría correr la misma suerte que la India, a Italia le podría pasar lo mismo que a la India
that's a fate worse than death → no hay cosa peor
to leave sb to his fate → abandonar a algn a su suerte
this sealed his fate → esto acabó de perderle
to meet one's fate (= die) → encontrar la muerte
Italy could suffer the same fate as India → Italia podría correr la misma suerte que la India, a Italia le podría pasar lo mismo que a la India
that's a fate worse than death → no hay cosa peor
3. the Fates (Myth) → las Parcas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fate
n → Schicksal nt; the Fates (Myth) → die Parzen pl; the examiners meet to decide our fate next week → die Prüfer kommen nächste Woche zusammen, um über unser Schicksal zu entscheiden; to leave something to fate → etw dem Schicksal überlassen; to leave somebody to his fate → jdn seinem Schicksal überlassen; to go to meet one’s fate → seinem Schicksal entgegentreten; to meet one’s fate → vom Schicksal heimgesucht or ereilt (geh) → werden; to face a similar fate → einem ähnlichen Schicksal entgegensehen; to meet with or suffer the same fate → das gleiche Schicksal haben or erleiden; as sure as fate it will go wrong → das geht garantiert schief; as sure as fate it went wrong → das ist natürlich prompt schiefgegangen
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fate
[feɪt] nCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fate
(feit) noun1. (sometimes with capital) the supposed power that controls events. Who knows what fate has in store (= waiting for us in the future)?
2. a destiny or doom, eg death. A terrible fate awaited her.
ˈfatalism noun the belief that fate controls everything, and man cannot change it.
ˈfatalist noun a person who believes in fatalism. He is a complete fatalist – he just accepts everything that happens to him.
ˌfataˈlistic adjectiveˈfated adjective
controlled or intended by fate. He seemed fated to arrive late wherever he went.
ˈfateful adjective involving important decisions, results etc. At last the fateful day arrived.
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fate
→ قَدَر osud skæbne Schicksal μοίρα destino kohtalo destin sudbina fato 運命 운명 noodlot skjebne los destino судьба öde โชคชะตา kader số phận 命运Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
fate
n. destino.
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