(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Fate is a power that some people believe controls and decides everything that happens, in a way that cannot be prevented or changed. You can also refer to the ~s.
I see no use quarrelling with ~.
...the fickleness of ~...
It was just one of those times when you wonder whether the ~s conspire against you.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
2.
A person’s or thing’s ~ is what happens to them.
The Russian Parliament will hold a special session later this month to decide his ~...
He seems for a moment to be again holding the ~ of the country in his hands...
The Casino, where she had often danced, had suffered a similar ~.
= destiny
N-COUNT: oft with poss
3.
If something seals a person’s or thing’s ~, it makes it certain that they will fail or that something unpleasant will happen to them.
The call for a boycott could be enough to seal the ~ of next week’s general election...
to tempt ~: see tempt
PHRASE: V inflects