fate

fate
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fates
1) N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl Fate is a power that some people believe controls and decides everything that happens, in a way that cannot be prevented or changed. You can also refer to the fates.

I see no use quarrelling with fate.

...the fickleness of fate...

It was just one of those times when you wonder whether the fates conspire against you.

2) N-COUNT: oft with poss A person's or thing's fate is what happens to them.

The Russian Parliament will hold a special session later this month to decide his fate...

He seems for a moment to be again holding the fate of the country in his hands...

The Casino, where she had often danced, had suffered a similar fate.

...the terrible fate awaiting humanity.

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3) PHRASE: V inflects If something seals a person's or thing's fate, it makes it certain that they will fail or that something unpleasant will happen to them.
to tempt fate → see tempt

The call for a boycott could be enough to seal the fate of next week's general election...

And yesterday the Zoo's fate was sealed, largely due to two months of ever-dwindling entrance figures.


English dictionary. 2008.

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