fate

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.

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[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

1. Chase destiny like a harpoonist —Edith Pearlman
2. Fate … creeps like a rat —Elizabeth Bowen
3. The Fates, like an absent-minded printer, seldom allow a single line to stand perfect and unmarred —George Santayana
4. Fate treats me mercilessly, like a storm treats a small boat —Anton Chekhov
5. Like warp and woof all destinies are woven fast —John Greenleaf Whittier
6. Our lives carried us in our own dimensions, like people passing on different escalators —Mary Ladd Cavell
7. We’re like dice thrown on the plains of destiny —Rita Mae Brown

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fate

Past participle: fated
Gerund: fating

Imperative

fate

fate

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fate - an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future destiny happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens 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 kismat, kismet - (Islam) the will of Allah 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" 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" circumstances, luck, destiny, fortune, lot, portion condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition" good fortune, good luck, luckiness - an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes 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" destine, doom, designate 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.

2. destiny, lot, fortune, portion, cup, horoscope No man chooses his fate.

3. outcome, future, destiny, end, issue, upshot What will be the fate of the elections?

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]

Proverbs
"Man proposes, God disposes"
"What must be, must be (Italian, Che sera, sera)"

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fate

noun

1. That which is inevitably destined:

destiny, fortune, kismet, lot, portion, predestination.

2. A predestined tragic end:

doom.

verb

1. To determine the future of in advance:

destine, foreordain, predestinate, predestine, predetermine, preordain.

2. To predestine to a tragic end:

doom, foredoom.

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Translations

قَدَرمَصير، قَضاء وقَدَرمَصير، مَوْت

osudzáhudazkáza

skæbnefremtid

SchicksalLos

μοίρατύχη

destinosuerteazarestrellasino

kohtalo

destinsortdestinéefatalitéfortune

sudbina

végzet

örlögörlög, hlutskipti

fatosortedestinofatalefatalista

運命

운명

fatalistasfatalizmas

bojāejaliktenis

lotnoodlotvertrouwen

skjebne

losprzeznaczenie

destinofadosorte

доляроксудьба

záhuba

usoda

sudbasudbina

öde

โชคชะตา

kaderkısmetsonsonuçyazgı

số phận

命运宿命结局

fate

[feɪt] N

1. (= 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

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

3. the Fates (Myth) → las Parcas

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fate

[ˈfeɪt] n

(= controlling power) → destin m

(= destiny) [person] → sort m
to meet one's fate (= die) → trouver la mort

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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] n

a. (force) → destino, sorte f, fato
the Fates (Myth) → le Parche
what has fate in store for us? → cosa ci riserva il destino?

b. (person's lot) → sorte f, destino
to leave sb to his fate → abbandonare qn alla propria sorte or al proprio destino
to meet one's fate (death) → trovare la morte

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fate

(feit) noun

1. (sometimes with capital) the supposed power that controls events. Who knows what fate has in store (= waiting for us in the future)? noodlot مَصير، قَضاء وقَدَر съдба destino osud das Schicksal skæbne; skæbnen μοίραdestino saatus تقدیر kohtalo destinגורל भाग्य sudbina sors takdir örlög fato, destino 運命 운명 likimas liktenis takdir noodlotskjebnelos قسمت، تقدير، مرغ، بخت، طالع بدمرغى، بدبختى، اجل، تباهى destino destin судьба osud usoda sudbina ödet โชคชะตา yazgı, kader, kısmet, alın yazısı 命運 доля قسمت số phận hoặc tương lai 命运，宿命

2. a destiny or doom, eg death. A terrible fate awaited her. noodlot, lot مَصير، مَوْت участ destino osud, zkáza, záhuba das Schicksal skæbne; fremtid κακή μοίρα suerte, destino saatus سرنوشت شوم؛ مرگ kohtalo sortגורל भाग्य, नियति kob, udes vég(zet) nasib örlög, hlutskipti destino 運命 죽음, 비운, 파멸 lemtis liktenis; bojāeja nasib noodlotskjebne, underganglos خرابه قسمت destino soartă удел záhuba usoda sudbina öde ชะตากรรม son, sonuç, akibet 結局，死亡 доля تقدیر یا انجام định mệnh 结局

ˈfatalism noun

the belief that fate controls everything, and man cannot change it. fatalisme جَبْرِيَّه، مَذْهب القَضاء والقَدَر фатализъм fatalismo fatalismus der Fatalismus fatalisme μοιρολατρίαfatalismo fatalism جبر گرایی fatalismi fatalisme פָטָלִיזם भाग्यवाद, देववाद fatalizam fatalizmus fatalisme forlagatrú, örlagatrú fatalismo 運命論 운명론 fatalizmas fatālisms fatalisme fatalismeskjebnetro, fatalisme fatalizm دجبر عقيده، جبرى مذهب داسى عقيده چه وايى ددنيا پيښى په ازل كى ټاكل شوې دى او دانسان زيار او اراده كوم ځاى نه نيسى fatalismo fatalism фатализм fatalizmus fatalizem fatalizam fatalism ความเชื่อในโชคชะตาว่ามนุษย์ไม่สามารถเปลี่ยนแปลงโชคชะตาได้ kadercilik, fatalizm 宿命論 фаталізм یہ عقیدہ کہ ہر بات پہلے سے مقدر ہو چکی ہے thuyết định mệnh 宿命论

ˈfatalist noun

a person who believes in fatalism. He is a complete fatalist – he just accepts everything that happens to him. fatalis جَبْري، مُؤْمِن بالقَضاء والقَدَر фаталист fatalista fatalista der Fatalist fatalist μοιρολάτρης fatalista fatalist آدم جبر گرا fatalisti fatalisteפטליסט भाग्यवादी fatalist fatalista fatalis forlagatrúarmaður fatalista 運命論者 운명론자 fatalistas fatālists fatalis fatalist fatalist fatalista دجبر پرخوا fatalista fatalist фаталист fatalista fatalist fatalista fatalist คนที่เชื่อในโชคชะตาว่ามนุษย์ไม่สามารถเปลี่ยนแปลงโชคชะตาได้ kaderci 宿命論者 фаталіст ایسے عقیدہ میں یقین رکھنے والا người theo thuyết định mệnh 宿命论者

ˌfataˈlistic adjective

fatalisties جَبْري، قَدَري фаталистичен fatalista fatalistický fatalistisch fatalistisk μοιρολατρικόςfatalista fatalistlik معتقد به قضا و قدر fatalistinen fatalisteפטליסטי भाग्यवादी fatalistican fatalisztikus fatalistis forlagatrúar fatalistico 宿命論の 운명론의 fatališkas fatālistisks fatalistik fatalistisch fatalistisk, skjebnetro fatalistyczny جبرى fatalista fatalist фаталистический fatalistický fatalističen fatalistički fatalistisk ที่เป็นไปตามโชคชะตาว่ามนุษย์ไม่สามารถเปลี่ยนแปลงโชคชะตาได้ herşeyi kadere bırakan 宿命論的 фаталістичний جبریت پر مبنی tỏ ra tin ở định mệnh 宿命论的

ˈfated adjective

controlled or intended by fate. He seemed fated to arrive late wherever he went. bestem, voorbeskik, gedoem مَحْتوم، مُقَدَّر، مَكْتوب предопределен destinado předurčený vom Schicksal bestimmt forudbestemt γραφτός, καταδικασμένος predestinado saatuse poolt ettemääratud مقدر kohtalon sanelema destiné בְּיָד הַגוֹרָל भाग्य में लिखा हुआ predodređen, (do)sudđen végzetes ditakdirkan örlagabundinn; á valdi örlaganna; fyrirfram ákveðinn destinato 運命づけられている 숙명적인 pasmerktas nolemts ditakdirkan bestemd skjebne-/forutbestemt skazany په تقدير كى، په ازل كى، خدايى destinado/fadado sortit (să) обречённый predurčený usojen predodređen ödesbestämd, förutbestämd ซึ่งกำหนดโดยโชคชะตา alnına yazılmış 命定的，註定的 приречений, визначений наперед جسے مقدر نے طے کر رکھا ہو do định mệnh 命中注定的

ˈfateful adjective

involving important decisions, results etc. At last the fateful day arrived. noodlottig, beslissend حاسِم، مَصيري съдбовен fatal osudný verhängnisvoll skæbnesvanger κρίσιμος, μοιραίοςfatídico saatuslik سرنوشت ساز kohtalokas fatidiqueגורלי भाग्य निर्णाय, महत्वपूर्ण sudbonosan, (zlo)koban végzetes menentukan örlagaríkur, afdrifaríkur fatidico 運命を決する 결정적으로 중요한 lemtingas liktenīgs; izšķirošs penentuan gewichtigskjebnesvanger, avgjørende rozstrzygający, decydujący ويرجن، بدمرغه fatal fatidic судьбоносный osudný usoden sudbonosan ödesdiger, avgörande สำคัญ geleceği belirleyecek 決定性的 вирішальний, доленосний اہم نتیجے یا فیصلے سے متعلق quan trọng và có tính chất quyết định 决定性的

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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

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fate

n. destino.

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