fate
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
How often you will meet it
Rank 962 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 19,042 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future also: destiny
- the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman) also: destiny we are helpless in the face of destiny
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) also: fortune, destiny, luck, lot, circumstances, portion whatever my fortune may bedeserved a better fate
verb
- decree or designate beforehand also: destine, doom, designate She was destined to become a great pianist
fate in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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As to the fate of the young prince, accounts differ.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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Precisely who may be the victim of this insatiable desire, fate alone can decide.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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I had a strange feeling that fate had in store for me exquisite joys and exquisite sorrows.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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And of all the women in the world, fate had sent this one to play the Lady Bountiful.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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For a moment he seemed to forget the awful fate that awaited him, and his body swayed to and fro with grief.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1