fated

[fey-tid]

adjective

1. subject to, guided by, or predetermined by fate; destined.

fated

/ ˈfeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. destined

2. doomed to death or destruction

Other Word Forms

• unfated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fated¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; fate + -ed ³

Example Sentences

“I honestly can’t help but think,” George Bass once said, “I was fated to do what I do.”

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Men are born to be strong, domineering and intelligent, while women are fated to be weak, submissive and emotionally irrational.

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I felt something similar to that fated inevitability a couple of years back, running into that old boyfriend on the street one afternoon in Brooklyn.

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It was fated by the time fans started filing into the building.

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They aren’t doomed, necessarily, just fated to endure, or perhaps born for their nature.

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