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fated

/ˈfeɪtɪd/US[ˈfeɪ̯ɾɨd]

fated adjective: foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate. Also the simple past and past participle of fate.

Adjective

fated (not comparable)

  1. Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate.
    • This scheme was fated to be forgotten, at any rate in the form of the 1820 proposal.1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 89
    • Kristi Noem[…] may have committed a class two misdemeanor offence when her fated dog Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehair pointer Noem deemed “untrainable” for hunting pheasant, killed a neighbor’s chickens.2024 April 29, Martin Pengelly, Ramon Antonio Vargas, “Kristi Noem’s story of killing her dog points to class two misdemeanor”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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fated is also the simple past and past participle of fate.

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Questions about fated

What does fated mean?
Fated means foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate.
What part of speech is fated?
Fated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fated?
Fated is pronounced /ˈfeɪtɪd/.

Words near fated in the dictionary

  1. fatchas
  2. fate
  3. fate map
  4. fate maps
  5. fate-fraught
  6. fated
  7. fatedly
  8. fatedness
  9. Fatefandhoo
  10. fatefraught
  11. fateful

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