fate

²fate

verb \ˈfāt\

fat·edfat·ing

Definition of FATE

transitive verb

: destine; also : doom

Examples of FATE

1. <the warning that the lack of an advanced education will fate a person to a lifetime of below-average earnings>
2. Given what was going on when the magazine was started, Utne Reader seems fated to have happened—it was simply an idea that fit the times. —Eric Utne, Utne Reader, March/April 1994
3. It was during this interregnum between the acquisition of regional power and the actual use of it that Henderson was fated to enter the picture. —Robert D. Kaplan, The Arabists, 1993
4. Who are my viewing companions at this hour? Dazed and confused, we are isolated in sunken couches, empty beds and cheap hotel rooms across this crumbling nation, one through MTV but fated never to meet. —Hugh Gallagher, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 1993

Origin of FATE

(see ¹fate)

First Known Use: 1601

Related to FATE

Synonyms: doom, destine, foredoom, foreordain, ordain, predestine, predetermine, preordain

Related Words: predestinate; augur, forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy; preconceive, prejudge; condemn, sentence; bode, forebode (also forbode), portend; anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee

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