fate
The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines eventsThe presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
» I'll accept my fate.
Я прийму свою долю.
Meaning
6 senses(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
(countable, uncountable)The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
судьба́sudʹbá, до́ляdólja, у́частьúčastʹ
(countable, uncountable)An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
(countable, uncountable)Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
Accept your fate.
Schicksal
судьба́sudʹbá, до́ляdólja, у́частьúčastʹ
до́ляdólja, льосlʹos
(countable, uncountable)The products of a chemical reaction in their final form in the biosphere.
(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 sentencesI'll accept my fate.
Я прийму свою долю.
It was fate.
Це була доля.
This is my fate.
Це моя доля.
ruЭто моя судьба.
deDas ist mein Schicksal.
I will accept my fate.
Я прийму свою долю.
ruЯ приму мою судьбу.
She had to accept her fate.
deSie musste ihr Schicksal akzeptieren.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fate, from Latin fāta (“prediction”), plural of fātum, from fātus (“spFrom 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: fatesSynonyms
23 synonymsAntonyms
6 antonymsWord family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- our fates are
- believe in fate
- fate is sealed