fate

fate
fate [feıt] n
[Date: 1300-1400; : French; Origin: Latin fatum 'what has been spoken (by the gods)', from fari 'to speak']
1.) [C usually singular]
the things that will happen to someone, especially unpleasant events
▪ I wouldn't wish such a fate on my worst enemy.
fate of
▪ No one knows what the fate of the hostages will be.
▪ The rest of Europe was to suffer the same fate .
▪ A meeting to decide the fate of the factory is to be held today.
▪ She wanted to prevent other children from meeting the same fate .
▪ They had abandoned him and left him to his fate .
▪ Spencer's father had died young, and he feared that the same fate awaited him.
▪ They would rather starve to death than accept the fate of slavery.
▪ She seemed placidly resigned to her fate .
▪ the fate that befell a captured rebel general
▪ Nothing is known of Green's origins or ultimate fate , only that he was involved in building the church.
2.) [U]
a power that is believed to control what happens in people's lives
▪ Fate plays cruel tricks sometimes.
a twist/quirk of fate
(=something unexpected that happens)
▪ By a strange twist of fate Smith's first match is against the team that gave him the sack last season.
3.) a fate worse than death
something terrible that might happen to you - often used humorously
▪ He had rescued an innocent young girl from a fate worse than death.
4.) the Fates
the three goddesses who, according to the ancient Greeks, controlled what happened to people
→tempt fate at ↑tempt
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
suffer a fate
seal/decide/settle somebody's fate (=make it certain that something will happen to someone)
meet the same/a similar fate
leave/abandon somebody to their fate (=leave someone when something terrible could happen to them)
the fate awaiting somebody (=what will happen to someone)
accept a fate
resign yourself to your fate (=accept it)
a fate befalls somebody (=they suffer a particular fate)
somebody's ultimate fate (=the final things that happen)
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Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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