Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

    Schicksal, Los, Geschick

    судьба́sudʹbá, до́ляdólja, у́частьúčastʹ

    до́ляdólja, льосlʹos, тала́нtalán

    an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

  2. (countable, uncountable)The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.

    судьба́sudʹbá, до́ляdólja, у́частьúčastʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.

    Accept your fate.

    Schicksal

    судьба́sudʹbá, до́ляdólja, у́частьúčastʹ

    до́ляdólja, льосlʹos

  5. (countable, uncountable)The products of a chemical reaction in their final form in the biosphere.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The mature endpoint of a region, group of cells or individual cell in an embryo, including all changes leading to that mature endpoint

Examples

346 sentences
  1. I'll accept my fate.

    Я прийму свою долю.

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  2. It was fate.

    Це була доля.

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  3. This is my fate.

    Це моя доля.

    ruЭто моя судьба.

    deDas ist mein Schicksal.

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  4. I will accept my fate.

    Я прийму свою долю.

    ruЯ приму мою судьбу.

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  5. She had to accept her fate.

    deSie musste ihr Schicksal akzeptieren.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
that which predetermines events:
Русский
By meaning 1
that which predetermines events:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
that which predetermines events:

Origin

From Middle English fate, from Latin fāta (“prediction”), plural of fātum, from fātus (“sp

From Middle English fate, from Latin fāta (“prediction”), plural of fātum, from fātus (“spoken”), from for (“to speak”). In this sense, displaced native Old English wyrd, whence Modern English weird.

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Forms

plural: fates
Singularfate
Pluralfates

regular

Synonyms

23 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future:destiny
  • the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events:destiny
  • your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you):fortunedestinylucklotcircumstancesportion

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

17 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • our fates are
  • believe in fate
  • fate is sealed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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