noun
- the development of events beyond a person’s control, regarded as determined in advance by a supernatural power
- the final outcome or consequence; what ultimately happens to someone or something
verb
- to be destined to happen in a particular way
Usage: usually passive
Examples
- She believed that fate brought them together.
- The fate of the company depends on this decision.
- He accepted his fate with dignity.
- What cruel fate awaited the prisoners?
- The project was fated to fail from the beginning.
- They were fated never to meet again.
- Fate smiled upon them that day.