fated

American  

[fey-tid] / ˈfeɪ tɪd /

adjective

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

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fated British  

/ ˈfeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. destined

2. doomed to death or destruction

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Other Word Forms

• unfated adjective

Etymology

Origin of fated

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

Example Sentences

Japan also has a currency that seems fated to rebound sooner or later, spelling profit for global investors.

From Barron's

There is a healthy amount of respect between the Rams and Seahawks, and — at least from the Rams in the locker room Sunday night — a feeling that this matchup was fated.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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

From Literature

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.

From Salon