fated

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪtɪd/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): [ˈfeɪ̯ɾɨd]
  • Homophone: faded

Adjective

fated (not comparable)

1. Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate.
   • 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 89:

     This scheme was fated to be forgotten, at any rate in the form of the 1820 proposal.

Derived terms

• confated
• fatedly
• fatedness
• ill-fated
• unfated

 

Translations

Foreordained, predetermined

• Bulgarian: предопределен (bg) (predopredelen), обречен (bg) (obrečen)
• Greek:

  Ancient: μόρσιμος (mórsimos)

• Portuguese: predestinado, fadado (pt)
• Swedish: ödesbestämd

Verb

fated

1. (rare) simple past and past participle of fate

Anagrams

• defat