/ ˈfeɪtfl; NAmE / adjective
[ usually before noun ] having an important, often very bad, effect on future events :
She looked back now to that fateful day in December.
/ ˈfeɪtfl; NAmE / adjective
[ usually before noun ] having an important, often very bad, effect on future events :
She looked back now to that fateful day in December.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005