Fates
/feɪts/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:8 pts5 letters
Definition of Fates
noun
- The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
- An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
- Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
"Accept your fate."
- Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).
verb
- To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
"The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur."
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SYNONYMS
destinydoomfortunekismetlotnecessityorlaypredestinationwyrd
ANTONYMS
chancechoicefree willfreedom