fateful
Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fateMomentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
» Do not count on fateful opportunities.
Meaning
2 sensesMomentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
It started with that fateful trip, history was never the same afterwards.
schicksalhaft, verhängnisvoll
роково́йrokovój, судьбоно́сныйsudʹbonósnyj
долено́снийdolenósnyj
Determined in advance by fate, fated.
vorbestimmt
- having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
- ominously prophetic
- controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
Examples
7 sentencesDo not count on fateful opportunities.
I wish I had never taken that fateful boat ride.
Yanni made a fateful decision.
In what would prove to be a fateful decision, he and his wife enjoyed brunch at a fancy resort.
Jack was able to establish that Tom never left his home on that fateful night, and therefore, he was innocent.
ruДжек сумел установить, что в ту роковую ночь Том не выходил из своего дома, а следовательно, он невиновен. — ZegPhig
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From fate + -ful.From fate + -ful.
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Forms
more fateful, most fateful| Comparative | more fateful Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most fateful Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
50 synonyms- having momentous consequences; of decisive importance:fatal
- ominously prophetic:forebodingportentous
- controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined:fatal
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin:blackcalamitousdisastrousfatal
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form