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