fate
The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
Other meanings
The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
Synonyms
- destiny
Related words
- as fate would have it
- cheat fate
- fatal
- fatalism
- fatality
- fated
- fate-fraught
- fatefraught
- fateful
- fateless
- fatelike
- fate map
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "fāta" (prediction).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “fate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.