fated
Americanadjective
adjective
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destined
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doomed to death or destruction
Other Word Forms
- unfated adjective
Etymology
Origin of fated
Example Sentences
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On the night of the concert, everything leads up to the fated Mitch & Mickey performance.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026
Japan also has a currency that seems fated to rebound sooner or later, spelling profit for global investors.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
Ms. Ziegelman pores over the pages of many memory books—for Luboml as well as other similarly fated towns—to bring back to life the vanished world of Eastern European Jewry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
The story of how Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr., the stars of Netflix’s “Forever,” first met is like a perfectly scripted meet-cute that was fated to fuel a tender portrait of young love.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025
Apollo had declared that he was fated to kill his father.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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