fate

Definition

  • n. an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
  • n. the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
  • n. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
  • v. decree or designate beforehand

Word forms

Past participle
fated
Present participle
fating
Past tense
fated
Third person singular
fates
Comparative
fater
Superlative
fatest

Example sentences

  1. n.

    Many people believe that their fate is determined by the choices they make.

  2. vt.

    She felt that it was fate that brought them together.