TEMPT FATE / PROVIDENCE

Meaning of TEMPT FATE / PROVIDENCE in English

to do sth too confidently in a way that might mean that your good luck will come to an end

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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
PROVIDENCE — City (pop., 2000: 173,618), capital of Rhode Island, U.S. It is located at the head of Narragansett Bay on the …
Английский словарь Британика
PROVIDENCE — I. ˈprävədən(t)s also -d ə n- or -ˌden- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
PROVIDENCE — noun prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality. 2. providence ·noun the act of providing or preparing for …
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
PROVIDENCE — ■ noun 1》 the protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power. ↘( Providence ) God or …
Concise Oxford 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
PROVIDENCE — the quality in divinity on which mankind bases the belief in a benevolent intervention in human affairs and the affairs …
Britannica English vocabulary
PROVIDENCE — city, capital of Rhode Island, U.S. It lies in Providence county at the head of Narragansett Bay on the Providence …
Britannica English vocabulary
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
PROVIDENCE — providence, P~ BrE AmE ˈprɒv ɪd ə n t s -əd- AmE ˈprɑːv- -ə den t s
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
PROVIDENCE — / ˈprɒvɪdəns; NAmE ˈprɑːv-/ (also Providence ) noun [ U ] God, or a force that some people believe controls …
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
PROVIDENCE — Prov ‧ i ‧ dence BrE AmE , providence /ˈprɒvəd ə ns, ˈprɒvɪd ə ns $ ˈprɑː-/ noun [uncountable] literary …
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
PROVIDENCE — n. 1 the protective care of God or nature. 2 (Providence) God in this aspect. 3 timely care or preparation; …
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
PROVIDENCE — n. 1 the protective care of God or nature. 2 (Providence) God in this aspect. 3 timely care or preparation; …
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
PROVIDENCE — n.1 the protective care of God or nature. 2 (Providence) God in this aspect. 3 timely care or preparation; foresight; …
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
PROVIDENCE — Providence is God, or a force which is believed by some people to arrange the things that happen to us. …
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
PROVIDENCE — Providence is God, or a force which is believed by some people to arrange the things that happen to us. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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
PROVIDENCE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And pity the team that underestimates rebounding terror Michael Smith of Providence . ▪ He …
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
PROVIDENCE — [noun] [U] - an influence which is not human in origin and is thought to control whether or not people …
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
PROVIDENCE — n. City (pop., 2000: 173,618), capital of Rhode Island, U.S. It is located at the head of Narragansett Bay on …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PROVIDENCE — Synonyms and related words : acuity, acumen, acuteness, anticipation, apperception, astuteness, austerity, austerity program, beneficence, canniness, care, carefulness, caution, chariness, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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
PROVIDENCE — n. 25B6; noun a life mapped out by providence : FATE, destiny, nemesis, kismet, God's will, divine intervention, predestination, predetermination, …
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
PROVIDENCE — the capital and largest city of the US state of Rhode Island . It is on the Providence River and …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture 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
PROVIDENCE — n. 1 foresight, forethought, preparation, anticipation, readiness, far-sightedness, caution, precaution, discretion, prudence, care; thrift, frugality, husbandry, thriftiness, conservation, economy Because …
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 …
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