fate

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English fate, from Latin fāta (“prediction”), plural of fātum, from fātus (“spoken”), from for (“to speak”). In this sense, displaced native Old English wyrd, whence Modern English weird. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt === Noun === fate (countable and uncountable, plural fates) The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events. Synonyms: destiny, natural order Antonym: free will The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause. An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time. Synonym: destiny Antonyms: accident, chance Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc. Synonyms: doom, portion, wyrd; see also Thesaurus:fate Antonyms: fortune, luck (mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings). (biochemistry) The products of a chemical reaction in their final form in the biosphere. (embryology) The mature endpoint of a region, group of cells or individual cell in an embryo, including all changes leading to that mature endpoint Synonym: developmental pathway ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== amor fati (Amor fati) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== determinism indeterminism === Verb === fate (third-person singular simple present fates, present participle fating, simple past and past participle fated) (transitive) To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable. ==== Usage notes ==== In some uses this may imply it causes the inevitable event. ==== Translations ==== === References === (embryology) J.M.W. Slack (1991), “The concepts of experimental embryology”, in From Egg to Embryo, 2 edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 32 === Anagrams === TAFE, feat., TFAE, EFTA, atef, feat, feta == Albanian == === Noun === fate indefinite nominative/accusative plural of fat == Fataluku == === Numeral === fate four == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfa.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: fà‧te === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== fate inflection of fare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== fate f plural of fata === Anagrams === afte == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.te] === Participle === fāte vocative masculine singular of fātus == Murui Huitoto == === Etymology === Cognates include Minica Huitoto fate and Nüpode Huitoto patde. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɸatɛ] Hyphenation: fa‧te === Verb === fate (transitive) to hit (intransitive) to hit ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[2] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 84 Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[3], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 130 == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === fate (present tense fatar, past tense fata, past participle fata, passive infinitive fatast, present participle fatande, imperative fate/fat) alternative form of fata === Anagrams === EFTA, efta, feta == Scots == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feːt/ === Noun === fate feat fate == Spanish == === Verb === fate inflection of far: second-person singular imperative combined with te second-person singular voseo imperative combined with te == Volapük == === Noun === fate dative singular of fat == Yamdena == === Alternative forms === fat === Etymology === From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ǝpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ǝpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Sǝpat. === Numeral === fate alternative form of fat