Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Governed by fate; predetermined or destined.
- adjective Condemned to death or destruction; doomed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Determined or consigned by fate; doomed; destined: as, he was fated to a violent end.
- Regulated by fate; awarded, appointed, or set apart by fate.
- Exempted by fate.
- Invested with the power of determining fates or destinies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- past participle Decreed by fate; destined; doomed.
- past participle obsolete Invested with the power of determining destiny.
- past participle Obs. or R. Exempted by fate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Foreordained ,predetermined ,established in advance byfate . - verb rare Simple past tense and past participle of
fate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate
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Examples
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Yet, it appears our paths are once again fated not to cross.
Guess Who 2009
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I'll admit, I used to read some fated to be mated stories, and I liked them at the time, but I'm not sure if I was ever really sold on the idea of fated mates even then.
Fated to be Dated? Jess Granger 2009
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I'll admit, I used to read some fated to be mated stories, and I liked them at the time, but I'm not sure if I was ever really sold on the idea of fated mates even then.
Archive 2009-03-01 Angie Fox 2009
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He proceeded to walk up the glen, resolving that their place of combat should be in the entrance of the Corri-nan-shian; both because the spot, lying under the reputation of being haunted, was very little frequented, and also because he regarded it as a place which to him might be termed fated, and which he therefore resolved should witness his death or victory.
The Monastery 2008
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But is this new vehicle of unconstrained expression fated to come under the thumb of the powers that be?
Archive 2004-07-01 2004
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But it did contain a message that would change two people forever, two people who would otherwise never have met, and for this reason it could be called a fated message.
Message in a Bottle Sparks, Nicholas 1998
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He proceeded to walk up the glen, resolving that their place of combat should be in the entrance of the Corri-nan-shian; both because the spot, lying under the reputation of being haunted, was very little frequented, and also because he regarded it as a place which to him might be termed fated, and which he therefore resolved should witness his death or victory.
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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Old friendships might dissolve while new, possibly "fated" alliances form.
Phyllis F. Mitz: Ask Phyllis...Astrology and Beyond: When Pluto Enters Capricorn 2009
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We Americans, said Cheney, would rather not have Russia as an enemy -- it is not "fated" to happen.
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Radiating out from Watanuki and Yuko's initial encounter are a host of expected and unexpected consequences - since nothing in life, according to the logic of the narrative, can be attributed to coincidence, everything is "fated" to happen.
Comics Should Be Good’s Question of the Month! | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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