n.
- the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.
- the outcome of a situation for someone or something.
- the unescapable death of a person.
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(the Fates)
Greek & Roman Mythology the three goddesses (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos) who preside over the birth and life of humans.
v.
(
be fated)
be destined to happen or turn out in a particular way.
Phrase
- seal someone's fate
make it inevitable that something unpleasant will happen to someone.
Etymology
ME: from Ital. fato or (later) from its source, L. fatum ‘that which has been spoken’, from fari ‘speak’.