Word Explorer
Children's
Dictionary Suite
Help
Help
Help
 
Beginner's Dictionary
       

fate

 
 
pronunciation:
feIt
features:
Word History
part of speech: noun
definition 1: the power that some people believe decides what will happen in life.
Fate was on her side when she won the contest.
synonyms:
chance, luck
similar words:
hazard
definition 2: what happens to someone or something in the end.
No one discovered the fate of the famous painting after it was stolen.
similar words:
chance, lack, lot
Word History
Fate is from a Latin word that means "thing spoken by the gods."