fate

4 definitions • 9 examples

what happens to a particular person or thing, especially something final or negative, such as death or defeat:

decide someone's fate We want to decide our own fate.

His fate is now in the hands of the jury.

suffer a fate The disciples were terrified that they would suffer the same fate as Jesus.

meet a fate Parents in children's stories often meet a harsh fate.

a power that some people believe causes and controls all events, so that you cannot change or control the way things will happen:

When we met again by chance in Cairo, I felt it must be fate.

Fate has brought us together.

something that happens to a person or thing, esp. something final or negative, such as death or defeat:

The fate of numerous smaller buildings is under debate.

Attendance has not picked up, and the fate of the show is still in doubt.

Fate is also a power that is considered to cause and control all events, so that people cannot change or control the way things will happen:

When we met again by chance, she said, "It must be fate."