fated

adjgoverned by fate

Synonyms for fated

adj governed by fate

Word Origin & History

late 14c., from Latin fata, neuter plural of fatum "prophetic declaration, oracle, prediction," thus "that which is ordained, destiny, fate," literally "thing spoken (by the gods)," from neuter past participle of fari "to speak," from PIE *bha- (2) "speak" (see fame (n.)).

The Latin sense evolution is from "sentence of the Gods" (Greek theosphaton) to "lot, portion" (Greek moira, personified as a goddess in Homer), also "one of the three goddesses (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos) who determined the course of a human life." The native word was wyrd (see weird).

Example Sentences forfated

Whichever it was, that was all that I was fated to see or hear of the Opera.

To Hondscio then was that harassing deadly, his fall there was fated.

I suppose that these things may be regarded as fated,—and I think that they are well.

No matter where I went, on land or water, I was fated to meet these two.

For under a cloud Flora de Barral was fated to be even at sea.

But I was fated to feel no other pleasure than that of his appearance.

Every school before its death is fated to inspire satiety and weariness.

"This 'Fated to Conquer' isn't a bad story, Mary," she said after a while.

His fate is what is allotted him by destiny, or what he is fated to perform.

But any plan of escape was fated to be thwarted then and there, even as we laid it.

fated

Synonyms for fated

coming

condemned

cut-and-dried

decided

doomed

fated

Synonyms for fated

More words related to fated

bound

coming

condemned

cut-and-dried

decided

doomed