fate

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English

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Etymology

From Latin fata (prediction) (neutral plural of fatum), fatus 'spoken', fari (to speak).

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Noun

fate (countable and uncountable; plural fates)

  1. The cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
  2. The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
  3. Destiny (perhaps connotes death, ruin, misfortune, etc.).
    Accept your fate.
  4. The three goddesses (The Fates) of classic European mythology who are said to control the fate of human beings.

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Verb

fate (third-person singular simple present fates, present participle fating, simple past and past participle fated)

  1. (transitive) To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
    The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.

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  • In some uses this may imply it causes the inevitable event.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈfaː.t̪e], /ˈfate/, X-SAMPA: /"fate/
  • Hyphenation: fà‧te

Verb

fate

  1. second-person plural indicative present of fare
  2. second-person plural imperative of fare

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fate f

  1. Plural form of fata

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Latin

Participle

fate

  1. vocative masculine singular of fatus

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Volapük

Noun

fate

  1. dative singular form of fat

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Yamdena

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

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fate

  1. Alternative form of fat.
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