fate
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- pronunciation:
- feIt
- features:
- Word History
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
the power that is often believed to decide what will happen in human life or history.
Fate was on her side when she won the contest.- synonyms:
- chance, fortune, luck
- similar words:
- hazard, probability
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definition 2: |
an ending or outcome that had to happen because of this power; destiny.
Even as a little girl, she knew it was her fate to become a great writer.- synonyms:
- destiny, fortune
- similar words:
- lot
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definition 3: |
what happens to a person or thing in the end.
No one ever discovered the fate of the famous painting after it was stolen.He wanted to finish the book so he could find out the fate of the characters.- synonyms:
- prospects
- similar words:
- chance, lack, lot, outcome
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related words: |
accident, circumstance, fortune, luck, well-being |
Fate is from a Latin word that means "thing spoken by the gods."