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Fate

feɪt

Fate definitions
noun
fate fates
  1. the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power

    "fate decided his course for him"

    destiny providence God's will nemesis kismet astral influence the stars what is written in the stars one's lot in life
    • the course of someone's life, or the outcome of a situation for someone or something, seen as outside their control

      "he stared at the faces of the committee, trying to guess his fate"

    • the inescapable death of a person

      "the guards led her to her fate"

  2. three goddesses who presided over the birth and life of humans. Each person's destiny was thought of as a thread spun, measured, and cut by the three Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos
    the weird sisters
verb
fate fated fates fating
  1. be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way

    "the regime was fated to end badly"

    be predestined be preordained be foreordained be destined be meant be doomed be foredoomed be cursed be damned