fate
noun
1. an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
Similar word(s): destiny
Definition categories: event, happening, occurrence, occurrent
2. the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
Similar word(s): destiny
Definition categories: person, cause
3. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- deserved a better fate
Similar word(s): circumstances, destiny, fortune, lot, luck, portion
Definition categories: state, condition
Sentences with fate as a noun:
- Accept your fate.
verb
1. decree or designate beforehand
Similar word(s): designate, destine, doom
Definition categories: communication, ordain
Sentences with fate as a verb:
- The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.