fate

🇺🇸 /feɪt/ 🇬🇧 /feɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford5000CEFR-B2
noun
C1

what will happen to someone or something, especially bad things

The same fate happened to all three of them.

C1

a power that controls what happens and cannot be changed

Fate decided that we would meet again.

translation

n. what will happen to someone or something, especially bad things; a power that controls what happens and cannot be changed

Word Forms

Plural fates