transcription, транскрипция: [ feɪt ]
( fates)
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 fates .
I see no use quarrelling with fate.
...the fickleness of fate...
It was just one of those times when you wonder whether the fates conspire against you.
N-UNCOUNT : also N in pl
2.
A person’s or thing’s fate is what happens to them.
The Russian Parliament will hold a special session later this month to decide his fate...
He seems for a moment to be again holding the fate of the country in his hands...
The Casino, where she had often danced, had suffered a similar fate.
= destiny
N-COUNT : oft with poss
3.
If something seals a person’s or thing’s fate , 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 fate of next week’s general election...
PHRASE : V inflects
4.
to tempt fate: see tempt