TEMPT FATE

Meaning of TEMPT FATE in English

act without caution, act as though you are immortal, dont push your luck , take chances

To swim with sharks is dangerous; to do it alone is to tempt fate.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

TEMPT FATE — see tempt
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEMPT FATE — see tempt
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TEMPT FATE — = tempt the fates
Slang English vocab
TEMPT FATE — See ↑ RISK 4
Longman Activator English vocab
TEMPT FATE — v. phr. To take a chance; run a risk; gamble. You're tempting fate every time you drive that old wreck …
American Idioms English vocabulary
TEMPT FATE — испытывать судьбу
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TEMPT FATE — испытывать судьбу
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TEMPT — v. tentar (-ation)
English interlingue dictionary
TEMPT — panulay
English-Visayan vocabulary
TEMPT — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er, tenter, from Latin ~are, tentare to feel, try Date: 13th century to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FATE — I. ˈfāt, usu -ād.+V noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin or Middle French; Middle French fate, from Latin fatum …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TEMPT — ˈtem(p)t transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English tempten, from Old French tempter, tenter, from Latin temptare, tentare to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TEMPT — (v. t.) To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.
Английский словарь Webster
TEMPT — (v. t.) To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate.
Английский словарь Webster
FATE — (n.) The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping …
Английский словарь Webster
TEMPT — — temptable , adj. /tempt/ , v.t. 1. to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FATE — /fayt/ , n. , v. , fated, fating . n. 1. something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FATE — I. ˈfāt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin fatum, literally, what has been …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TEMPT — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tempter, tenter, from Latin temptare, tentare to feel, try Date: 13th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TEMPT — vt to endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt. 2. tempt ·vt to lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; …
Webster English vocab
FATE — noun appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death. 2. fate ·noun …
Webster English vocab
TEMPT — [tempt] vt [ME, fr. OF tempter, tenter, fr. L temptare, tentare to feel, try] (13c) 1: to entice to do …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FATE — [fate] n [ME, fr. MF or L; MF, fr. L fatum, lit., what has been spoken, fr. neut. of fatus, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FATE — Greek Moira, plural Moirai, Latin Parca, plural Parcae in Greek and Roman mythology, any of three goddesses who determined human …
Britannica English vocabulary
TEMPT — tempt BrE AmE tem p t ▷ tempted ˈtem p t ɪd -əd ▷ tempting/ly ˈtem p t ɪŋ /li …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FATE — fate, Fate BrE AmE feɪt ▷ fated ˈfeɪt ɪd -əd AmE \ ˈfeɪt̬ əd ▷ fates, Fates feɪts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TEMPT — / tempt; NAmE / verb tempt sb (into sth / into doing sth) 1. to attract sb or make sb …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FATE — / feɪt; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] the things, especially bad things, that will happen or have happened …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEMPT — tempt /tempt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: tempter , tenter , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FATE — fate /feɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin fatum 'what has been spoken (by …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TEMPT — v.tr. 1 entice or incite (a person) to do a wrong or forbidden thing (tempted him to steal it). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FATE — n. & v. --n. 1 a power regarded as predetermining events unalterably. 2 a the future regarded as determined by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TEMPT — v.tr. 1 entice or incite (a person) to do a wrong or forbidden thing (tempted him to steal it). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FATE — n. & v. n. 1 a power regarded as predetermining events unalterably. 2 a the future regarded as determined by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TEMPT — v.tr. 1. entice or incite (a person) to do a wrong or forbidden thing (tempted him to steal it). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
FATE — n. & v. --n. 1. a power regarded as predetermining events unalterably. 2 a the future regarded as determined by …
Oxford English vocab
TEMPT — ( tempts, tempting, tempted) 1. Something that tempts you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FATE — ( fates) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Fate is a power …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FATE — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Fate is a power that …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TEMPT — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES sorely tempted ▪ Sabine was sorely tempted to throw her drink in his face. COLLOCATIONS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FATE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES by a strange quirk of fate ▪ Years later, by a strange quirk of fate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TEMPT — [verb] [T] - to cause (someone) to do or want to do something, esp. something they would not usually do, …
Cambridge English vocab
FATE — [noun] [C usually singular] - the things that happen to a particular person or thing, esp. something final or negative, …
Cambridge English vocab
TEMPT — verb VERB + TEMPT ▪ could , may , might ▪ try to PREPOSITION ▪ into ▪ Charlotte was ~ed …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FATE — noun 1 sb/sth's future ADJECTIVE ▪ awful , grim , horrible , terrible ▪ cruel , unhappy ▪ What an …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TEMPT — v. 25B6; verb the manager tried to tempt him to stay : ENTICE, persuade, convince, inveigle, induce, cajole, coax, woo; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FATE — n. 25B6; noun what has fate in store for me? : DESTINY, providence, the stars, chance, luck, serendipity, fortune, kismet, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TEMPT — v. 1 attract, entice, lure, allure, draw (in), invite, lead on, whet (one's) appetite, seduce, captivate, persuade, coax, cajole They …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FATE — n. 1 fortune, lot, luck, chance, life, destiny, God's will, providence, doom, karma, kismet, toss or throw of the dice, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TEMPT — гл. 1) соблазнять, искушать; прельщать, привлекать, притягивать she was tremendously tempted ≈ она испытывала непреодолимое искушение to tempt the appetite …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FATE — 1. сущ. 1) судьба; доля, жребий, фатум to decide, seal smb.'s fate ≈ решать чью-л. судьбу to tempt fate ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TEMPT — tempt.ogg tempt v 1. 1> уговаривать, склонять, подбивать; соблазнять to tempt smb. to do smth. - уговаривать кого-л. сделать что-л. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FATE — fate.ogg 1. feıt n 1. 1> судьба, рок the irony of fate - ирония судьбы to leave smb. to his …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TEMPT — v 1. 1> уговаривать, склонять, подбивать; соблазнять to tempt smb. to do smth. - уговаривать кого-л. сделать что-л. to tempt …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FATE — 1. feıt n 1. 1> судьба, рок the irony of fate - ирония судьбы to leave smb. to his fate …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TEMPT — гл. 1) соблазнять, искушать; прельщать, привлекать, притягивать she was tremendously tempted — она испытывала непреодолимое искушение to tempt the appetite …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FATE — 1. сущ. 1) судьба; доля, жребий, фатум to decide, seal smb.'s fate — решать чью-л. судьбу to tempt fate — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TEMPT — гл. 1) соблазнять, искушать; прельщать, привлекать, притягивать she was tremendously tempted — она испытывала непреодолимое искушение to tempt the appetite — возбуждать аппетит Syn: charm, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FATE — 1. сущ. 1) судьба; доля, жребий, фатум to decide, seal smb.'s fate — решать чью-л. судьбу to tempt fate — испытывать судьбу to meet …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TEMPT — _v. 1> соблазнять, искушать; прельщать; she was tremendously tempted - она испытывала непреодолимое искушение; to tempt the appetite - возбуждать …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FATE — 1. _n. 1> рок, судьба; жребий, удел; as sure as fate - несомненно 2> гибель, смерть; to go to one's …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TEMPT — v. 1. соблазнять, искушать; прельщать; she was tremendously tempted - она испытывала непреодолимое искушение; to tempt the appetite - возбуждать …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FATE — 1. n. 1. рок, судьба; жребий, удел; as sure as fate - несомненно 2. гибель, смерть; to go to one's …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TEMPT — _v. 1> искушать, соблазнять; one is tempted to ask the question невольно напрашивается вопрос 2> _уст. испытывать, проверять; to tempt …
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