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fated

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fat·ed  (ftd)
adj.
1. Governed by fate; predetermined.
2. Condemned to death or destruction; doomed: the fated city of Troy.

fated
Adjective
1. certain to be or do something: he was always fated to be a musician
2. doomed to death or destruction
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.fated - (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination"
sure, certain - certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win"

fated
Translations
Spanish fated [ˈfeɪtɪd] adjpredestinado
French fated [ˈfeɪtɪd] adj [person] → condamné(e); [project] → voué(e) à l'échec
German fated [ˈfeɪtɪd] fate adj (person) → unglückselig;
(project) → zum Scheitern verurteilt;
(governed by fate) → vorherbestimmt

Italian fated [ˈfeɪtɪd] adj [governed by fate] → destinato/a; [person, project etc] → destinato/a a finire male

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I will not dispute the fact that I have erred most grievously--that I should never dare to dispute, or that I have fallen greatly in my own estimation; but, I think I was fated from birth so to do--and one cannot escape fate, my beloved.
Then hitherward gan ride Arthur the mighty With numberless folk fated though they were.
He had been a member of the ill- fated expedition which had fallen into the hands of the Tharks at the time of Dejah Thoris' capture, and he briefly related the events which followed the defeat of the battleships.
 
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