FATE | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Fate

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

late Middle English: from Italian fato or (later) from its source, Latin fatum ‘that which has been spoken’, from fari ‘speak’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: feɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:

the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power

Short Definition:

development of events

Examples:
  • fate decided his course for him
  • his injury is a cruel twist of fate
Definition:

three goddesses who presided over the birth and life of humans. Each person's destiny was thought of as a thread spun, measured, and cut by the three Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos.

Short Definition:

three goddesses

Word: Fate

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: feɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:

be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way

Short Definition:

be destined

Examples:
  • the regime was fated to end badly

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