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fate
1. Something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot.
2. The universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the decreed cause of events; time.
3. That which is inevitably predetermined; destiny: "Death is our ultimate fate."
4. A prophetic declaration of what must be.
2. The universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the decreed cause of events; time.
3. That which is inevitably predetermined; destiny: "Death is our ultimate fate."
4. A prophetic declaration of what must be.
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Quotes: Destiny, Fate
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1. Literally, something spoken (by the gods): "The Romans had an ancient belief that fate was the sentence of the gods and that whatever the gods said was what would happen to them."
2. The force or principle believed to predetermine events.
3. A consequence or final result.
4. Destiny or something that inevitably happens to someone or something.
5. An unhappy consequence or a disastrous or ruinous outcome.
2. The force or principle believed to predetermine events.
3. A consequence or final result.
4. Destiny or something that inevitably happens to someone or something.
5. An unhappy consequence or a disastrous or ruinous outcome.
Fates and their decisions; an old Greek story.
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fa-, fam-, fan-, fant-, fat-, -fess; fab-, fabul-
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fate, fete
fate (FAYT) (noun)
The force, principle, or power that is thought to predetermine events: It is the fate of teachers to always have to correct exams and record grades.
fete (FAYT, FET) (noun)
A feast or festival: Merlin had a big fete to celebrate the beginning of the New Year with his friends.
Imogene's sister sighed, "I am convinced that it is my fate to be the crowned queen of the fete this year."
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group F; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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Quotes: Destiny, Fate
Continual expectations of the unexpected: destiny quotes.
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Quotes: Quotations Units
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“fate”
(Latin: chance, fate, luck)
(the continual expectation of the unexpected)
(Latin: lot, fortune, fate)
(Greek: chance, fortune, fate, providence; by accident, an unforeseen or unexpected occurrence)
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“fate”
A situation in which something happens that is very desirable in itself, but it is so badly timed that it isn't of any use or it is no longer an advantage: By an irony of fate, although Joseph had been living in poverty all of his life, he inherited a fortune; however, he was so old and incapacitated with an illness that he could not enjoy it.
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iron-, ironi-
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